How much capital have they raised for this industry in other similar projects.

I do know that seller financing is typical to exit projects though and this is why we carved this out of our acquisitions criteria.

Rental rates going up or down certainly should be a part of your knowledge/research and calculate into your decisions and projections.

My currrent or even projected business volume can't justify that cost.They have a $500 bulk plan that lets me run searches @ my leisure and I pay for what I use.

Fitch also "projects a 10% national decline in home prices and for unemployment to decrease to 8.2% over the next two years."

That is a good idea i just can't find the right guy to fiance the projects.

Remember as an investor it is not the VOLUME and size of the deals you put together because many can be crap it is the QUALITY of the deals you do.I would rather spend a few months doing an awesome acquisition than buying up marginal to okay deals left and right.I have seen this happen on flips and long term holds.In both cases the investor did real well on one property and then started getting carried away.Pretty soon a couple of marginal deals starting to tank their long term portfolio into a neutral or negative position.Even on flips they made good on a few and then the next few went real bad and they were almost at square one again.You have to treat this business like a pawn shop.You will come across many sellers but few will accept your price and terms.So you have to keep going or come back to the seller until they get desperate enough to meet your terms.A classic tactic with a seller is when they will not accept your price and terms.Then a few months pass and they come back to you.Then if you have a couple deals on your plate you come from a position of power.You let them know you are involved with other projects now and to take this property on now you couldn't pay what you offered before and can now only do XX.There will always be another quality deal to be had but millions of marginal to okay deals to get stuck in for years and paralyze the growth and success of your real estate investment portfolio.

First, demographics of the location play a huge part in costing out a project.

I am about to start a project on a house and my contractor says that instead of replacing the current roof he can do a "nail over" of new shingles on top of old.have you ever done this?

Numbers:Beds: 3Baths: 2Sqft: 1,424 (Will be 1600+ with finished sunroom)Type: Single FamilyYear built: 1955Cathedral ceilings, big 2 car garage in great shape to the rear.Asking: 79,900 (priced dropped 10k as of 10/20)Pictures available here http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6105-Lockamy-Ln-Norfolk-VA-23502/79225876_zpid/#{scid=hdp-site-map-bubble-address}Repairs: 50k-55kSome big ticket items: Will need 50% new sheetrock plus insulation.