Good point, as soon as I stepped in I knew I should have inspected it before the appraisal and will going forward. 

I learned I am not a great business person I have the creative hustle needed to put deals together but lack the follow through to keep them coming in.  I

I do this at certain times of the year to keep everyone paid until checks come in. (I

When investors hit a Billion dollars, of course they will look for other things to invest in. I

I was debating on whether or not to put it on the market or hold on to this property (because the area I bought the condo in is really going up in value) and refinance it and take the equity out to invest in another property.

I want to take as much of a write off this year as my wife and I have a fair amount of W-2 income and I'd love to somehow drop keep that below the 24% bracket instead of the 32% one (I think that's the number) that we are current in.  I

I bought a fixer upper, because it was in my price range in the area I wanted to live in. I

I was thinking that instead of living in the property that I invested in, I could just continue to live with my parent and rent out the unit that I would've moved into.

I've been researching markets in the midwest for some time and KC was one of those cities that just kept rising to the top of the list for potential cities to invest in. I

Intimating that it is free money is like saying I got paid $50,000 last year for nothing ... oh except for the year of 40 hour work weeks I put in.  I