A wise man once told me "In this market its a fashion show and a price war" If you can cosmetically over do it, you will a significant result in market time which equals real money.

Your going to need to raise most of your capital through old fashioned fundraising and possibly through community grants (local goverment, or HUD).

, Agent Smith, Matrix Revolutions, 2003.Bryan - I'm a recently retired US Army veteran of 20yrs that has, over the last 16yrs, bought, sold, and traded for profit a little bit of everything (jewelry to foreign currency exchange to vehicles to real estate) oth stateside and overseas by pooling the resources of a unique network of Soldiers, DOD civilians, and retirees that I have invested with and for during these last 16yrs with an acceptable rate of success.

Freedom soft looks good on paper but in reality it will never replace good old fashion hard work and due diligence.

Again, you seem to be the only one to bring attention to such things, like it's an opportunity of some kind, even after I pointed out that you made a good point concerning the self employment taxes.May be next time you'll give some consideration to HOW you bring up your point, perhaps in a less argumentitive or bulegerant fashion, the tone used goes a long way too.

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Sarah Palin has weird and old fashioned hair!

If you plan to hold the project indefinitely the extra value is large, especially with rates so low.I suggest that you model both scenarios and do so in a very conservative fashion.

If replacement is needed in the next couple of years on the roof, for example, and you elect to not do it immediately, I normally include that item in the up-front purchase price (for analysis purposes) and recompute the ROI in that fashion.

Also has anyone had success using a 203(k) to convert in this fashion?