The emphasis is on ownership and if you don't own the property you cannot wholesale it.

While I am definitely happy to have additional income coming in I believe that the compliments brought it all home for me especially after all the nonsense I had to deal with for just that 1 unit.The lessons I would like to pass on with emphasis in renovating is: if you are going to do something do it right, pay attention to detail, don't be afraid to spend a little extra money to buy something more premium to get an edge on your competitors if you can afford it and its just, and take every misfortune as a lesson so you can do it better next time.So the next time you are going through the struggles of doing a renovation just wait till you see the looks on your buyer/renters face and that will hopefully motivate you the way it motivated me to be the best you can be.Stay frosty BP community!

Alaska is an opt-in community property state that gives both parties the option to make their property community property.Here's the direct IRS quote (I've underlined for emphasis):Joint Ownership of LLC by Spouse in Community Property StatesRev.

I got a college degree in business with real estate in emphasis.

I'll put more emphasis on the 'walk away money' as you mentioned.

Maybe I need to market to them with that angle with a little more emphasis. 

Hard money is funds to purchase a property secured by the investment itself so there is less of an emphasis on the borrower's ability to pay and more on the quality of the asset being purchased.

There is a certain segment of people that are tired of cheap rehabs, short sales, etc that are focused on the combination of quality combined with technology and energy efficiency.I'm actively hunting some infill redevelopment sites to build exactly what your talking about with the emphasis being on 500-700k homes with the goal being to hit a zero energy status.

Emphasis on purchasing AS IS .

I'm still in the earlier stages of scoping our Reno, so haven't honed in on a property type yet -- I want to decide this based on my goals, which are cash flow and appreciation value, but the emphasis is rather on cash flow.