What I'm trying to get to is time is needed and the ability to do certain things, or having others do them for you.

There are many considerations that I look at that would be hard to put an immediate number to. I

Now I don't have to. I

hey Johnny - what i am transitioning to is to buy, rehab, hold for 2-3 years and 1031ing them into larger properties.

Only point, like Joel alluded to, is that folks selling these out of state RE investment opportunities do not really paint a realistic picture.

Also, if someone is giving it to her that should be OK to. I

Hi Kim,Yes you can legally purchase it if you want to . I

When an appraiser appraises the house they will collect the same information (as that is all there is)and make manual adjustments to each unit in the comp set.The only thing MLS has that you may not have access to is current listings, but with the high use of Realtytrac and Zillow now-a-days by real estate agents you will still be able to pull enough current listings.

The fear that I've been having is getting stuck somewhere and having nobody to turn to. I

As far as the grandfathering, it's a good question and one that I don't know the answer to. (I