You need to look at other things that are harder to calculate like, depreciation, cost recovery, taxes, principle pay-down, capital gains/losses, changes in basis...I made my own spreadsheets to look at all this.

"The basic concept of the contingency fee agreement is that the client is out little or no upfront expenses; you as a client do not pay legal fees unless and until you win, and then the lawyer receives a percentage of your recovery as his or her fee.

As long as the note fund sticks to the basics of residential debt recovery it's fine. 

I don't know about your state but in Virginia in order to get recovery from the state licensing fund, we first have to obtain a judgment.

He is an injured athlete who had a great deal of capital, and he is trying to take your capital by pitching a 50k course for the whole stupid weekend at the "three day event".INSTEAD OF GOING TO THIS, JUST LISTEN TO BIGGER POCKETS FREE PODCASTS.

That's less than 24 months recovery which is unbelievable. 

I'm not sure when this article was written but I must say that from what we see globally, including Memphis, Real Estate is Not at 30 years low.There are always areas that are legging behind,while in the last 3-4 years most RE Markets experience reasonable growth, having Wall Street jumping in probably contributed to RE recovery we seeing now.

Hi @Brandon L.The people who reported this delinquency to the credit bureau i believe goes by one of these two names:Account Resolution Services, LLCHealthcare Revenue Recovery Group LLC Account Resolution Services, LLCI believe the original debt was charged off by the original creditor ( the hospital ) and bought by these people.I am not sure how it all works.

A few suggestion;- Deferred maintenance: How much life is left in the roof, heating, etc; just like any other RE- How has leasing been structured: Y-to-Y, 3 Y terms, Escalations, Recoveries, Options, etc- For the 'strength' of the tenants, if they are smaller tenants as I suspect, look at how long they have been at the property.

Just wanted some insight from the BP community.A quote from cnbc.com, "Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rose more than expected in April and the stock of houses on the market hit a 3-1/2 year-high, further signs the sputtering housing recovery was poised to regain steam."