Of course, be very professional in all of this so as to not diminish your personal brand in the eyes of the seller, but this is a very appropriate and common method.

Even in it's diminishing state, Loopnet still has more commercial listings than you will find in the MLS. 

There's only so much you can learn until you've hit diminishing returns.2) You're young, you have time on your side.

If your family member is not competent or is suffering from some sort of diminished capacity and you legally take over that family matters estate, you may get to deal with the lender to the extent that you can talk to them about paying the loan off but that's only going to buy you a small amount of time.

Although these are possible outcomes, the financial reward is increasing monthly for me and the risk is diminishing as I wake up each day with a roof still over my head. 

You don't want to completely exclude them as it will diminish your potential tenant base.Charge a flat fee $300 dog, $200 cat.

I don't attempt to be completely invisible, but I do diminish my role significantly.Originally posted by Bienes Raices:My state law says you have to put your real address (not P.O.

There are other issues that can come up besides what you might think you want to do with real property (life estate as you said) and bank accounts (POD as you said); your father could begin to suffer from diminished capacity and might need a guardianship or DPOA at some point in the future, there are advanced directives, POLST forms, benefits planning... 

Without knowing the specifics of your deal, keep in mind you can phase a 150 acre single family development to do 30 acres or so at a time, which will help diminish your risk and development loan interest.

Some people use their houses for part of a year, so that diminishes the days available.