If an agent is involved your chances of having a meaningful conversation with the seller is limited. 

Note - excess loss business limits can apply here in some cases

Which is why it is so important to have a competent agent representing the sellers side and limit the risk in any way possible of that being able to happen in the first place.

The Cap Differential is the amount by which the property value has increased, but the County can't tax it because it exceeds the limit by which they can increase the taxes in a given year.  

Hi all,

I’m hoping to get some advice from those more experienced in real estate and property management. I have only owned  a home in Texas for 1,5 years, and my family and I may be relocating to another state...

If you’re looking to scale quickly, this could become a limiting factor.

Regarding your question on how do individuals grow a Roth to those levels when they are limited to only $7,000/$8,000 a year. 1) Creative investing strategies.

There is too punitive measures and shorter time horizon for that loan to mature and eat away at your equity buffer.

I understand there is an AGI limit that applies, restricting my ability to write off certain expenses if my AGI exceeds a certain amount.Regardless of what can/can't be written off for my particular situation, I assume the majority of the tax savings I am able to write off would come back to me directly in my tax rebate, correct?

What we need though is a standardized way to measure the metrics.