Quote Originally Posted by JohnTRourke View Post
#1 rule of real estate

real estate brokers/agents are a complete waste of oxygen, much less your time and money.

mortgage brokers are pretty useful though and well worth talking to initially, they will tell you what you need and where you should be.

BTW, IMHO, prices have a LONG way to fall still.
Price has steadily increased actually. We have more buyers than we can handle. My underwriting is 40 days out compare to 3-4 days turn around a year ago. Personally, I started to fix and flip again last month after 2 years of break.