I'm not sure if this is the correct place for this question, but here it is anways.

So i'm very new to real estate. I've been gaining a silent education the last few months on BiggerPockets and other sites/books. I...

Less interest is paid on the mobile home and condo, but condos may typically appreciate less than houses and mobile homes even less.I am not considering the amount of the payments that contribute to equity as a cost.Lower appreciation and interest are two costs, but a third is opportunity cost, which is the amount that the down payment would return if invested instead of being used as a down payment.The down payment for a house would be much larger than for a mobile home and therefore would have a much higher opportunity cost.I understand that there are many variables at play with these decisions such as historical appreciation of each type of property, estimates of future appreciation, mortgage rates vs stock returns, geographical area, etc.I just want to know the rank of each type of property in cost when appreciation, opportunity cost, and interest are summed given reasonable estimates of each variable.Thanks for any replies.

As I've played around w/creating a business website, I found myself wanting to publish two sites: one for motivated sellers, and one for potential investors (private money folks).I wonder how you all tackle this idea, that there are multiple facets to our business, and the message we have for one group is not appropriate for the others.

The name in the lower corner is a bit annoying, though.I played around with several different sites and this one was by far the easiest to use.

You could play hard ball with the loan broker, too. "2 points or no deal," or whatever works for you.

I'd like to see how the industry plays out a bit too before we spend the time setting up a lot of infrastructure.

I got played, and am just wondering if anyone else fell for this?

If you go FHA you have to calculate that it will always be in play unless you have a 15 year loan.

And I buy homes.Watch the HGTV or DIY channels and you see that branding plays an important part in telling the market who you are.

I've used one in the past and once you get your questionnaire loaded with them, it's quite simple and they email you the info after the call.Personally, I don't mind missing a call as it gives me time to do some homework on the seller and some on BP actually like playing "hard to get" as it shows motivation.