For some reason investing in real estate is hard for some to grasp, no matter how many classes they go through or books they read. with stock inviting often times people turn money over to a broker and they invest for them, that's all that's needed.

You need to study and get good grasp on NOTE buying -- if seller wants more down payment --for whatever reason -to buy another house or car -- you can sell partial note --say for three years worth of payments -- proceeds go to seller --you make payment to Note buyer --after three years Seller gets the payments.Its been done on Commercial also -- I have seen my clients --do that on Hotels and Gas stations ( C stores ) --many many times -- even I have Brokered one of the Seller Financed NOTE and made $5000 for making two phone calls and sending in papers by mail.

Yeah, that's great and kind of let's you compare the property values in one area to another, but you need to find what has actually SOLD recently and at what price to get a solid grasp of values.Report back here what you find.

Many landlords loose grasp of the business angle of this and treat their rentals as a play thing.

When partners meet when problems arise the issue at hand can be complicated if any of the partners fail to grasp the reasoning or action taken by another.

If I grasp the question correctly, here is what I think is being requested:Note is purchased for discount.

You being in the construction business should have a firm grasp of buying the land,zoning approval,utility hook ups,land clearing costs,going vertical,etc.What king of return would you want after building??

We have money in the bank to fall back on until I get a decent grasp on this.

Actually, my parents taught me about MLO's on residential property so it was easy for me to grasp and its nothing new but that doesn't mean its well known either.

The realtors grasp was a bit of a challenge, but a good indicator of what you can run into.