ok so i just came upon a website that i thought was useful to me to asses the value of a property. oviously the best way to find out the value is the neighboring properties and thier recent sell price. so, i began searching properties and came upon zillow.com. and although, i was wowwed by the "big brother" widget, i must ask what is the difference between "tax asseed value" as it states in zillow, vs. and the value of a property or are they the same thing?

I just recently moved back to Ontario and am seriously considering making a go in real estate investment arena (with the help of my brother and a part-time consulting job..lol).I see a few other Ontario people on here, so I hope maybe we can connect in the future.For the time being, I'm being a good newbie and am taking the advice of reading all the posts on here and reading the resources that are suggested (Rich Dad, Poor Dad, etc).I've actually developed my own spreadsheets based on the ones that you have on here...they were just what I was looking for.I know everyone is very busy making money (lol)...so I'll sign off for now.Thanks for all the great advice and I look forward to being able to give some good advice of my own in the future.Cheers,John

Sorry, but if you really check, the previous poster is correct- this will not pass the fraud sniff test.If you put someone on an account for the express purpose of reporting on a credit report, report them as an AU, and they are not (under the old scenaio, if you added your brother, even if he didn't have a card, he was legally authorized to use the account) you are walking a thin line.The FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) specifies what can and cannot be listed in a consumer credit report.

:D I actually was looking foward to seeing my brother-in-law.

thanx for the comments, well I met someone called Emanuel who is in charge of supplying my mentor with the properties, houses, my mentor and Emanuel said that one cannot be lazy in this business, that you can make it if you have what it takes to be as hungry.I spoke to him through the day because after we finished checking the house Alfredo (my teacher) was remodeling we went to see another house that Alfredo's brother had finished, but he was having problems with the RE agent because he hadn't sold it yet, why?

I asked where her brother was and she said he was inside dead.

My brother used to tell me what a headache rental property was and how bad of an investment it was.

I am planning on starting my real estate investing with my brother.

Damn near every broker and their brother belong to this site.

It's a small townhouse that I got from my brother (who is a finance guy - good to have in my corner).