But the real risk is that interest rates go up and lenders begin a concerted effort to get out of these unprofitable loans.

Well, I felt like a Fan at a rock concert seeing so many of the famous and popular Real Estate "Gurus" right there on my screen!

Now on top of that there is material deliveries that are in concert to this. 

With returns dwindling due to higher acquisition costs for market rate properties, I feel a huge value add can be achieved through concerted revitalization efforts that bring areas of bad stock slowly back to market rate.

@Herwin G. its against the law for agents to give you cash back out of their commission.what they are doing is negotiating with the seller to lower their commission in concert with lowering price.. you get the benefit of the discount but not cash

They have been focusing on a lot of fun summer activities there including outdoor concerts.

So getting to all the cool events, concerts, and sports in the metroplex from there is ideal.

Have to check them out.Time to go clean up for Billy McGuigan concert tonight. 

Tickets to concerts/sports and now a used car I bought for $850 are my most recent attempts.I plan on going with a buy and hold strategy, but I will probably explore other avenues just to see what I can do.

I love Pink Floyd, saw them concert years ago and it was mind blowing.