The indicators given were a historically high amount of equity in primary residences, employers using bonuses to reward employees vs. salary increases, and college students choosing STEM degrees vs. liberal arts degrees. 

. :) I learned my lesson.. and if all the doom and gloomers hit the jack pot and we have a crash well i will think about stepping in and picking up the deals.. but I only buy deals even today.. and there are deals everywhere.. you just need to have the contacts to get them.

Jackpot!

Not sure what your purchase price is, but the FHA loan has the most liberal amount a buyer can ask for seller credits being up to 6% of the loan costs.

I do almost all of my maintenance and what I don't do I have long-term business partners handle according to my specifications -- lasting fixes when necessary, high-quality paint that can be touched up repeatedly, Whirlpool appliances, hardwood and tile I do myself.I am on the electrical board and the outlets, I am on the roof, I am inspecting the windows, I am on the gutters all the time, I am liberal with the weedkiller concentrate, saving myself money in the long run wherever I can.What happens when you're extended from here to eternity with 75 SFR and three furnaces die in the first heavy cold snap?

For a business owner with $100,000 taxable annual income, the net tax savings for using an S Corporation instead of an LLC in taxes paid every year can be as high as $7,500.Holding PropertiesWhen holding properties as a cash flow investor, the LLC (or LP) is generally the better choice because an LLC has more liberal distribution rules.

You hit the jack pot here.

I recognize there is tremendous risk in pursuing a development and lots of possible pitfalls, but we hit the jackpot with the location and to us represents once in a lifetime opportunity to remain owners in a prime parcel of urban city property that every person I have consulted with in real estate has agreed should be held on forever given its appreciation potential. 

Our liberal state creates more headaches and costs of doing business for builders so it increases the cost for new construction. 

You should be able to do this yourself through online access to local land records... using the instrument number or liber/folio of those docs.