I'm currently engaged, and love the idea of making this small home livable again, and living in it with my future wife (wedding late next year).

Thank you for contributing to this post and let's engage/encourage one another!!!

Take a look at some photos below to see some of the things you should be prepared for if you engage in investing in these blighted areas.

It sounds like you have quite a bit going on, and I would recommend you engage with a CPA to discuss proper tax planning for you.With that being said, generally a business should be a separate entity, such as an LLC.

So in many ways, I understand the needs and desires of business professionals that frequent remote cities on short-term engagements, thus giving me an advantage (superficially).

Whether he can justify it at trial is another matter.Advice on responding: Engage the best lawyer you can afford to pay.

Hi All, I am working with a client who would like to engage the services of an interior designer to help define and design a basement finish project in Atlanta. 

I'm not interested in engaging in a discussion on whether you should or should not choose Cleveland as a place to invest in.

I spend a ton of time in Charleston and bought one park that I demo'd and built new construction on.. just a lot of moving pieces to make these things work this way.. and I guess if you have the net work right then what the heck.I don't work with wholesalers at all so not any thing I am interested in comparing.. to me its like the used car side of real estate.. no time for it or desire to engage those folks.

Off-the-rack advice might work, but it does more harm than good often enough that I no longer engage in it.Absent any other information I would be planning for you to need money for another 30+ years.