I have a piece of property in California that has around 3600+ acre feet of water rights (have had it for about 10 years, but just "discovered" the water rights)...I would like to sell all or a portion of the rights on an annual basis, or lease the property (13+ acres) including the rights.Hoping for some leads on how to go about this, where can I list the rights for sale, how to ascertain the value, etc...The property also has mineral rights (patented gold mine) any advice on leasing the mineral rights would be welcome as well...I'd also look into a partnership, etc...to start making some cash flow with this property.Thank you!

I would be surprised to see another nationwide crash like we had around 2008 anytime soon, but it seems like certain areas (such as certain parts of Florida and SoCal for instance) are much more susceptible to booms and crashes than other areas like the upper midwest for instance, where prices never seem to skyrocket and also rarely seem to crash either.

Just as important as ascertaining the buyer's creditworthiness is talk to the loan officer about how their investors will handle a "flip".

To do this, you need to be able to ascertain a two key items:1. 

Begin your research with the clear understanding of what the phrase "BEING IN THE BUSINESS OF" means.If YOU are not an atttorney, it's likely, more than not, as a beginner, that you are not qualified to ascertain the applicability of lending practices, rules, regulations and laws or where to find such restrictions.

“A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”They also sign this.DEFAULT BY BUYER: In the event Buyer should fail to consummate the transaction contemplated herein for any reason, except default by Seller or the failure of Seller to satisfy any of the conditions to Buyer's obligations, as set forth herein, Seller shall be entitled to retain the earnest money deposit, such sum being agreed upon as liquidated damages for the failure of Buyer to perform the duties and obligations imposed upon it by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and because of the difficulty, inconvenience and uncertainty of ascertaining actual damages, and no other damages, rights or remedies shall in any case be collectible, enforceable or available to Seller other than as provided in this Section, and Seller agrees to accept and take said deposit as Seller's total damages and relief hereunder in such event.

After 10 years you could walk away from a pole barn, not a class A office structure or restaurant.The least of terms would be 15, could be 3/5 year terms with a set index, it needs to be ascertainable for costing over the term.

I could do that, and save money with the goal of ascertaining my first project in the coming future.

I did write about the eviction a little here http://beta.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/117209-a-lesson-learned-in-courtNormally, this is fairly easy to prevent with a few pertinent questions to the applicant, but when it is a PM company, particularly a large one that is unwilling to share much information about an applicant, it may be very difficult to ascertain who will actually be living in the property.  

That can only be ascertained by calculating the tax-adjusted cap rate of other properties that have sold in the submarket that are similarly situated and of the same class.