I recently asked someone who is a real estate investor what is his ideas on buying through auctions and he says that it preys on inexperienced investors and they tend to overpay and they also require cash purchases.

From my experience, the market tends to pick up after the Super Bowl (middle of February).A great tip this of the year is to negotiate another $10,000 off when working with sellers who have paying tenants in their property.

They tend to be real eager to work, and are good at doing tasks that you describe well and tell them exactly what they need to do. 

Custodians tend to take a more conservative approach when reviewing alternative assets for investment, as they want to avoid the custody of any assets that may be involved in prohibited transactions.

The Solo 401k can also have an account with a bank, and banks do tend to have better cash handling features than the brokerages.  

I agree that the ready-to-assemble wood cabinets from the Chinese vendors do tend to have quite a bit of grain and color variation, but I'm amazed at the price for solid wood with plywood boxes.

I tend to get long winded, but I like providing as much detail as possible.I've found a house that I'll be putting under contract on Friday, the seller and I have verbally agreed to a purchase price.

From past experience, the C properties tend to have more tenant issues.

I tend to over-analyze, but it allows me to use data over intuition for my purchasing decisions and it is a powerful negotiation tool.

Homes in the 500k and up range tend to sit longer on the market. 7.