And here's a very premature toast to a happy retirement. 

@Asare NkansahA premature welcome to Denver.

if you don't mind the section 8 side of investing its doable as you will surely have to have rehab funds and get a tenant in there a.s.a.p. you may even have the ocassional lease-option but you will have to put a little more than spit, gum and glue on those properties. the numbers are the deciding factors for any strategy. just because someone or a group of someones don't favor a particular method of investing in real estate doesn't mean that you must do the same. find your niche(s), what works for you. my coin.Kudos,Mary

There is a flood of REO activity on/entering the market (albeit foreclosuregate is gumming things up a bit at the moment), and simple supply/demand dynamics are dictating that these houses sell cheap in many instances to clear inventory, even with agent commissions paid, and do in fact constitute outstanding deals.

Truth is however...what this joker offers could be written on the back of a gum wrapper.

Hello Eduardo and welcome to BP glad to have you on board this ship of lollipops and gum drops.Ok maybe not lollipops and gum drops but a good ship nonetheless :mrgreen:

No matter where I look, the banks always seem to be gumming up the works for me. :-)

No need to jump on one of the existing offers yet - it's premature at this point. 

That dude Ed looks like he can sell bubble gum to a lock jaw ward....

There is also the concern that it may gum up the metering device, which is probably what the "jacked up" comment refers to.