The property surface is flat and ready for construction, it also provides visibility and convenient access from the main North/South & East/West travel routs (they overlap in this area) The area has seen new construction in all of the areas you have listed, as well as 350+ apartment units, 300+ mobile homes, hundreds of spaces in countless RV "Parks", restaurant & retail so feel free to chime in on any and all topics that may apply.

Jon K....For countless reasons....some of which I've covered...The continual proposal of asking my family to (essentially) go off onto the side of the road and buy/build?

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You're already in great company here on BP with countless resources just a click here or there.

I read endlessly on BP, talked to everyone that would listen, and went to countless conferences, classes, etc.

No deal yet, but I know its close, countless offers rejected but it only drives me to keep pressing toward the prize.

I've been invited to birthday parties, got countless thank you cards, and heck even turned some renters into home owners in the meanwhile.

If he, an experienced investor, can't find good deals despite, as you say, countless hours of research and analysis, how can I find them?

It can help you with partners, raising money, and in countless other ways.

Go to this link if you would like a more comprehensive explanation of the "Due on Sale Clause"... http://www.creonline.com/beat-the-due-on-sale-clause.html .In my lending career, I have dealt with countless homes that are deeded to to a trust or other entity, and other than having to deed the property out of the trust's or entity's name back to yours' (and then, back into the entity's after the transaction) in a transactional situation, the bank does not seem to care.