My goal is to develop REI into a substantial retirement plan, although choosing the particular vehicle is part of my initial education phase.

@Jared Smith you've nailed the first part of the due diligence phase!

Watercolor is easily 2 to 2.5 million for the smaller phase.

This isn’t for wholesaling, but I know typically wholesalers have a lot of experience in this area.Perhaps someone who’s tried a variety of methods; gone through some trial and error phases and can help me avoid mistakes. 

@Matthew Smith Hi Matt, I’m currently in the design phase of the build.

In "research phase" and Buffalo and Rochester are high on my list, are there any deals left or do you think I have missed the boat on this market?

We're at the end of the down phase in the real estate cycle.  

As part of the approval process, they will need to know how many homes in each legal phase, how many sold total, how many sold as primary residence, how many sold as second home, how many sold as non-owner occupied, and how many closed. 

Ford is very volatile and is trading like a stock near bankruptcy, i.e. it trades on news instead of reality.I think the market is in a phase of shaking out the weak hands.

have bought 3 properties like that with zero down.1st was a condo that the builder needs to sell within 23 hrs to get his investors to reinvest in phase 2 of the development. we used a wrap-around all-inclusive trust deed I paid the Builder who carried the paper.number 2 I bought a 4 bedroom house in foreclosure using a partner with cash we had to close in 5 days to beat the bank foreclosure.