One of the reasons is that commercial properties more often have higher price tags.

Purchase price: $150,000 Cash invested: $150,000 Sale price: $400,000 this was my home for 15 years, was an old mobile home but I bought a new one July 2023 paid cash. 1460 sf. 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, beautiful granite kitchen, beautiful back lake view with a boat dock, adde a new front porch 10x12 and adding also a 22x18 back porch, private neighborhood, estimate of my home is around $400,000 What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Purchase price: $31,000 Cash invested: $66,000 Sale price: $147,500 Converted an abandoned, condemned three bedroom, one and a half bath home with two rooms (one 30x15) unused/used as storage, and attached single car garage that we (my business partner and I) emptied (3, 30 yard dumpsters!)

Purchase price: $31,000 Cash invested: $66,000 Sale price: $147,500 Converted an abandoned, condemned three bedroom, one and a half bath home with two rooms (one 30x15) unused/used as storage into a four bedroom, two bath home with family room.

Hello, is anyone familiar with a website with a reasonably priced skip tracing tool?

If you're considering buying another property in couple of years, cash flow is going to be tough with higher interest rates and higher prices anywhere and in my opinion focusing on cash flow will lead to some bad deals (I can attest to this along with many other California investors who buy in inexpensive out of state markets). 

I don't think we've seen the correction yet, meaning sales prices and rents could come down in the next 1-2 years.

Assuming less competition, I believe I could secure the property at a lower price by participating in the second mortgage auction.

Either way, we aren't reducing our price based on what the appraisal comes in at.

Price it right, and they will rent it.