., the deal won't fall apart if I decide to take the weekend off or spend the day at the park with my family).For me, a deal has to (at minimum) meet those criteria for it to be considered a "good" deal.I'm not saying I'd never do a less where the criteria didn't come in less than that, and I'm not saying that I wouldn't trade some aspects of the deal for others (for example, taking on more risk for a small amount of time for the opportunity at greater profit).Just my $.02...

Find the hot buttons and trade price for terms.

A little info about myself … I’ve spent the last 4.5 years leasing and managing residential apartment communities for a publicly traded REIT.

In terms of being greedy, there's always a trade-off when it comes to be being greedy.

I am an accountant by trade outside of my real estate activities and I have simultaneously mainted the books at companies that used QB online versus QB desktop.

With inspectors and trade pros on some of the visits.

In most cases, it's not cashflow that they are seeking, it's appreciation followed by "trading up" (sell and buy bigger at the shore).As for taking chances with prohibited activities from your SD-IRA - there are many BP members who have posted that you risk your entire IRA becoming taxable income whne you engage in those prohibited transactions, so don't even think about it!

I see this stuff trading at 35-50% of the UPB.

I bet the underwriting on those files will still be a nightmare if any of it ever gets closed.And yes we are getting calls from new investors, seasoned investors, and even people who got their butts kicked in 2007 that are ready to go back in swinging.

Aaron,I am not a wholesaler by trade, but an REO rehab flipper and I do, on occassion, wholesale some property.