Actually, you're all pretty wrong with real estate valuations. I was ALLEGEDLY part of a hedge fund until last year that ALLEGEDLY had a license to acquire REO properties from the banks that had them as negative assets. We ALLEGEDLY purchased them through Fannie and Freddie for, I shit you not, no more than ten cents on the dollar.
I am legally not allowed to disclose the name of the fund, or the investment bank it operated through. It has since ceased to operate under both, but MAY operate under a new name and division, as those negative bank owned assets never really stopped piling up, if anything, it went into hyper drive.
The whole real estate market is a crock of shit. Its all based on perception.
If the peoples believe that the real estate market for that area is worth an avg of $200k per property, then POOF, just like magic, that's what the new avg becomes.
It actually goes a hell of a lot deeper, but I hate to say this, I'm actually not allowed to discuss it in detail until the year 2019. So.. just try to survive until then.
Seriously. "Adapt or die", just like the wise man told the farmers of America. This shit is no joke, and if you don't have the balls or stomach for it, you should not be playing.
Well I wish I had your contacts.
I did figure that anything I knew about had to be a bad deal compared to what real people get. The #'s I was quoting were simply FDIC public auctions.
I suppose then that 20% guaranteed minimum return per 180 day Hedge Fund that a friend of mine is going into at $100MM is not the best deal then?
Live and Learn.