. :) 5 grapes plus 7 grapes divided by 4 children equals an average of 3 grapes per child.

@Anthony Mikolich Tenants do not equal "bad".  

The duplexes available in the Boston market are typically in rougher areas that come with another set of issues.If it was your first rental property, which of the three would you go with (all other things being equal - assuming they were in the same quality location).  

While the 100% point is Ideal(indicating Reserve cash is equal to the value of deterioration), a ReserveFund in the 70% -130% range is considered strong (low risk of specialassessment).

I imagine both groups probably do very similar things and are equally valuable.

It sounds like these people are starting to be your friends but the landlord-tenant relationship is kind of a false friendship because you are not on equal footing.

It is very important to file an extension by the March 15 or April 15 deadline, depending on whether you are a business or individual, because not filing an extension will result in a 5% per month for failure to file penalty, but it is equally important not to file a full tax return if your exchange is not completed by the applicable filing dates referenced above.    

I'm a veteran so I'm using my post 9/11 which equals ($3700) month which I only get while I'm in school but will be getting for the next three years.

This means you would need cash (or some form of cash substitute) for the difference between the Purchase Price (hopefully less than or equal to the Appraised Value), and the loan amount.

When I do that math on estimated rehab and ARV, the 50% of profit doesn't even equal the 20% mark up of construction costs that I should be getting paid to run my business.