Whilst we stand at the sidelines whining about if we should invest or not or wait for a consolidation, higher CAP rates, better weather or other miracles from Santa Claus.

Hard money comes from companies who lends money at higher interest rates than normal for a limited amount of time.

I've seen REO's listed for $30k more than a ready to move in house down the street,,either the agent was crazy or the bank calculated value by what was owed on it.The bank has to realize the loss on its books when the sale occurs, until then they still have an asset, and they are putting down what they think its worth,,,if they aren't ready to realize the loss, they may keep a higher value, then reduce it over time to keep from taking too much of a loss at one time (another reason they sit on inventory so long, they don't want to sell too many at once)andy

I think it's a combination of me lowering my yield requirements and less competition in the marketplace.While far from scientific, I'm wondering if there's anecdotal evidence out there that supports investors are stepping back as a result of higher mortgage rates.

Networking is just as important as marketing and in many ways more profitable and your ROI is much higher in my opinion.So, the only thing that I have to add is five things that has helped me greatly in my real estate career;Build your Network - Find agents, use bird dogs and network at real estate club meetings with other investors and landlords.

At least here in Atlanta, real estate development and flipping higher end homes is where I think the action is in the next 12 months.

Would you suggest lower grade neighborhoods for higher cash flow, or better neighborhoods, higher quality tenants but less cash flow?

Code § 4 - Misprision of felony clearly states "Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both." http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/4 And a licensed real estate broker (or realtor held to a 'higher standard') saying that a client is OO should have enough information through agency relationship to know who is OO vs.

As you stated with the age of the homes in a saturated marketplace it makes it opportunity abundant however the price to enter can be higher.

They rock back and forth to try and get up.An idea you can use is an ADA toilet which is more expensive but it sits higher up than a standard toilet.