As I've stated on other threads, and may have stated above in this post, tax "advantages" are an ILLUSION.

Exposed wood which will not be covered with drywall has been stain treated to remove the illusion of mold.

Not so much from the church volunteers and staff, but these thoughts can be within ones own mind as one is aware they are dependent-but everyone wants to believe they are independent (even if it is an illusion).

Is it an optical illusion or is the foundation wall pretty thick.

If I go with vonage, ill use your code, so you get some cash.

The "shawdow inventory" appears very illusive and now the gov't is talking bulk sales to capitalized investors.

I've found the low prices and allure of large profits and improving the area from such low priced property is an illusion and the savy investor should consider areas with better economics before placing high risk bets in these areas.Here are some bullets on lessons learned:- If you have debt service and tax payments, you may not have time to wait and find those housebroken tenants as your expenses clip away.

I have done this many times and in addition to the reasons he mentioned, offering an a,out that is not a perfect even number gives the illusion that intense and specific financial calculations were used to arrive at a max offer.

I too believe it is getting harder and harder to find the people you really need to consistently get the results you need to keep losses down in small-scale fix-and-flip and buy-and-hold operations like ours.Joe, I too have noticed the almost total lack of forum postings on how the non-self-managed are able to get actual quality work done instead of the illusion of it.

@Jay Hinrichs I have no illusions about what is happening with the land trust.