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Investors coming out of the woodwork!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Carousel Realty of Dyer County Tn 248435000

A few days ago, I wrote a post about selling foreclosures here in the Dyersburg,Tn area. In that article I mentioned that many of the Realtors are taking advantage of the foreclosure opportunities here.

However, lately I am getting lots of calls from investors who are also looking to purchase "great deals". When I walked into the office this morning, my agent Jackie Keeling told me he has an investor wanting to buy 10 brick 3-4 bedroom 2 bath houses. I also have a few investors who are also looking for great deals!

Right now I would say that 75% of the calls coming in are people looking for rentals (to rent) and 20% of the calls are investors looking for deals to rent out to the 75% who are looking to rent. I hope I have not confused you!

Although the calls from non investor buyers and sellers has slowed down quite a bit, I am still working with a few of these clients as well.

What does the buying frenzy tell me? It tells me that the investors are not afraid to buy and invest here in Dyersburg and they are not afraid of long term home values. I would agree with them that there may never be a better time to purchase property in the Dyersburg.Tennessee area!

Morgan Evans
Douglas Elliman Real Estate - Manhattan, NY
LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON

In New York City, our market is in the start of its devaluation cycle.  Some of our investors are still waiting for prices to decline before they make their move, I follow a few of the blogs where these investors seem to congregate and they are looking for a 50% decline before they buy.  This seems to be a drastic  amount.  Other investors are making aggressive offers and looking for the sellers who are very motivated and need to cash out immediately. 

Nov 17, 2008 03:24 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

Morgan,

If I did not have investors stepping up, sales would be pretty dismal!

Nov 19, 2008 07:29 AM
Larry Brewer - Benchmark Realty llc
Benchmark Realty LLc - Nashville, TN

Mike - I appreciate you advice on this. And I think I can find a way to get some interest in this opportunity.

Nov 21, 2008 08:03 AM
Terry Miller
Miller Homes Group - Tyler, TX
Miller Homes Group and Tyler Apartment Locator

Thanks for the great advice. I will check back often. I really like the blog. I am new at blogging but I am beginning to learn quite a bit from reading blogs like the ones I find on Active Rain. If I can ever be of help just visit my blog or my website: http://yournowwhat.com   

                                                                 Thanks, Terry

Nov 23, 2008 02:47 AM
Mike Frazier
Carousel Realty of Dyer County - Dyersburg, TN
Northwest Tennessee Realtor

Terry and Larry, thank-you for your comments.

Nov 24, 2008 03:59 AM