You will also need closing money ( someone correct me if I’m wrong in that) and cash reserves to sustain the buildings ancillary costs .

If interest is a gauge of risk, which it is, then we are off balance.Now, I will admit, as I mentioned above, many loans did not experience principal forgiveness, so we can assume in some manner that does off set the overall impact that I am getting at here.  

I think any investment strategy has to be sustainable in current conditions, but we could be very close to a bottom, and that is the best time to buy.

You cannot have a prosperous RE market without a sustained or growing employment base. 

And if he is a good wholesaler will give you meet on the bone deals, (because he wants you to come back and eat) OR just enough Spread for you to sustain your flipping or hold business and keep getting the volume and consistency on numbers to grow your portfolio or company. 

You've probably heard of big Landlords losing property, but only because they were flagrantly violating Fair Housing, running a slum, or otherwise violating the law in an egregious manner.

If I have a prohibited conduct clause in my lease which states that "the tenant cannot disturb, threaten the comfort, health or rights of others" can I use this as a basis for an eviction if the tenants animal lunged at or attacked someone with the assumption that there is no prior history of the animal behaving in a threatening manner.

Hey everyone - so I have taken your advice in growing my realtor partner base, but now I want to ask how do I sustain these relationships?

I guess I am curious what some of the agents on here think about the sustainability of real estate when we go through our next down cycle in the next few years.

There are plenty of counties that don't record in a timely manner and cash sales or off market sales won't show up.