I've been an active listener of the BP podcast for a couple of months now and I can't believe I waited this long to join. 

(I wonder how many tens of thousands of similar Applications are waiting to be addressed at this time?)...

. • If you purchased the investment property with a loan,then conventional loans will require you to wait 6 month to take cash out.

Hey @Sidney KanellMy out of state clients make sure to travel to where they are investing at least once to get a lay of the land.

Also avoid any deposits over 10k otherwise you'll have to source the funds and explain where the money came from (if still within the 2 months period), but if you wait 3 months then you'll be fine.

Alaska is in a recession right now, because of the oil prices, the State is running out of money and laying off state workers, I recently read the AK Marine Highway / Ferry System won't have enough money to run after April.  

Since you'll be holding it for cash flow, if you want to sell in the future, you'd just have to wait until another crest in the market comes along.

I didn't wait for them to ask, I had them installed.

And the only way I can see them being under contract the day they hit MLS is if the listing agent put their listing out to their own client list during that period.Otherwise, I don't see how a seller wouldn't wait a full day to see if they get any other offers first to get into a multiple bid process.Its definitely tight though.

Are you option A: "wait and see" with new tax reform strategies before purchasing any new properties?