That being said, I do believe in the fundamental American ideal of rolling up your sleeves and doing the hard work yourself.

Best to stick to the fundamentals. 

I look at location, price compared to surrounding properties (to force appreciation quickly), desirability, path of progress, underlying fundamentals, etc.

A thing I really like about Richard is that we fundamentally agree on most things.

Focus on the main fundamental of real estate- location.  

Finding a 2nd, 2nd home loan was probably the easiest full doc loan that I’ve done to date… lenders are willing to lend if the fundamentals are strong.  

It is precisely because of mentoring programs that teach strategies and techniques to people who do not have any grasp of the three afore mentioned fundamentals that we have such a mess with “wholesaling” and “subject to” that governmental authorities are figuring ways to heavily regulate or outright ban these activities in the residential real estate field. 

My real estate agent is of the general thought wave that it would be difficult for anything to be fundamentally wrong given how it’s all been recently installed.I am just looking for that reassurance heading into my first US deal here 

The annual nature of tax benefits.One of the fundamental building blocks of our tax system is its annual focus.

Make sure you check out Clarksville, TN as well - we've got a great balance of cash flow and appreciation and are in a fundamentally strong and growing market.