You might want to learn advance creative negotiation methods.I don't care where you go in the US, there are deals to be made if you know how to negotiate them.Maybe some ideas on creative methods will help you find what you are looking for.Try, Hybrid offers, delayed settlement, principal mortgages, vertical break ups, take backs, study periods, subject to public auctions, friendly joint ventures.Control and Roll is a great way to sell properties you don't own and to make fantastic profits.Charles

Also, they will run the heat in your house at 80 degrees all winter long, and when it gets too hot, they'll open a window instead of adjusting the temperature.You should account for a large amount of maintenance, or be prepared to fight them over the costs of the things that they damage.I bought my first property with cash out of my pocket, and an owner-held mortgage note.  

There is a good book on the subject I would recommend your read.

It is subject to tax when it comes out of the 401(k) plan, so you end up paying tax on money that was already taxed, but as I said, I don't think that that is always unjustified. 

Changing the subject just a bit here, does anybody have an opinion on the Houston REIA?

Hello, I'm new to real estate investing and wanted to get started using the "subject to existing mortgage" strategy to buy and hold (landlording) to build wealth.

Ideally, it is the appraiser's opinion to utilize sales which have the most recent settlement dates, however, due to a paucity of settled sales in the subject's market area, it was necessary for the appraiser to widen the market search to obtain comparables with similar utility, style and effective age.

The market is hot.  

I am thinking about doing a subject to.

(Though I believe they had disrespected me more by then)First day was a very  general overview of subject-to, wholesaling, sales pitch for their master program, marketing,   system automation (hook for their master program, again).