One is that this may be treated as a sham transaction if there is no economic reason for doing this other than tax avoidance.Sounds to me like you are really selling an asset which means a purchase/sale agreement.

If our investors are upset by vacancies and poor performance then we lose repeat business and referrals which are our largest lead sources.

The last numbers I saw indicated we were the state with the second largest difference between the price of regular sales and the price of foreclosed homes.

One of my friends has moved down there but for the rest of us it is more just an investment opportunity.I have noticed that certain pockets in the U.S. have been strong, mostly due to economic factor, for instance in Texas where all the new drilling is taking place so that is good to see.

I guess this would be my largest hang up.

Plus, half of the nation's 20 largest metro areas reported increases as well, led by Tampa, FL (up 64%) and Miami (53%)."

I live in one of the largest counties in metro Atlanta, and as of this minute, there are only 4 active HUD properties that are open to investors!

Why a mortgaged home purchase is considered any different than buying stock on margin is beyond me.I'd love to be enlightened though.And on another note, are our high schools and colleges failing THIS miserably in educating young adults about basic economics?

It seems that it would be smart to look into those areas with a lot of shadow inventory/high default rates .Hard to say about those bulk package deals..I'm guessing they will be getting good deals on them...but unfortunately only the largest of investors will be able to get in on those deals as far as I can tell..

Because the non-performing loan will have the largest market discount the opportunity for high yield is present.