I've worked for a national hard money lender and wholesaler for the past 4 years and am currently seeking to start my own firm here in the Charlotte area.I worked through college as an auto mechanic which pretty much cements the fix-it mentality i have.I was also the operations director at a large outdoor amphitheater for almost 5 years and that has to be one of the most abused pieces of real estate in town.

You run a large risk of getting the short end of this deal if you go it alone.

On a 1-10 scale don't try to bring your 2's up to 4's, instead bring your 7's up to 9's.

We both have full time jobs at the same large, nationwide bank, and we're sick of working to make other people rich.

Place a small ad for a long time verses a large ad for a short time.

There are always 1 or 2 agents in a large city that do understand investors needs.

Everything is new and they are large apartments as I am sure you can tell by the SQ/ft listed.There is public water and sewer and 4 NEW 100amp services.

CA is a LARGE state with a lot of very different markets.

You can see the effects of whatever it is in the slaughter that is going on in large parts of the housing market.

The vacancy rate is only one of a large number of operating expenses and many of these expenses are constantly changing due to a number of factors.