Quote from @Carsten Mortensen: I have bought all of my deals with an agent through the MLS.

For instance my 90 lot subdivision at one point I had 90 legal descriptions and parcels on one master deed.. as I sold them off we just deeded them out separately.. its super common especially in older platted cities were lots might have been small like 25 X 100 and someone bought 3 of them and then built one home on all three.. some places they force merge them others you can go back and recreate the Old lots of record.. there is millions upon millions made by those that know how to find shadow plats and bring to life underlying parcels.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

So that was my first partnership, we bought houses and I controlled the whole process and I learned so much.

The once-iconic retailer Kmart is closing its final full-size mainland store in Bridgehampton, New York, on October 20th.

Quote from @Calum Bressington: I recently bought a new rental and the previous property management told me I need to get a lead paint inspection every two years in Cleveland, does anyone know anything about this?

Quote from @Kyle Lewis: Hello,I just recently bought some land for $50,000 and it appraised at $90,000.

I just bought a property where my lender gave a mortgage on the purchase with 20% down and a second mortgage on some stuff.

My mother bought the cabin for the same income purposes after my dad died, and it is now earning $40-45K a year. 

Bifurcating the asset and operation, putting the wealth behind an "iron curtain" and arranging the public facing side of things in a manner where it is a conveyor belt of throw-away entities with little to no value stored themself, IS a viable approach.