The appraiser only mentioned a fraction of what I see and I plan on improving the property generally.  

He had one house that every wall had holes kicked in and one of the toilets had cement in it and the kitchen was trashed . . . . luckily we got it for a fraction of what it was worth and we made out in the end but you never know how the people that lost it left it.

While there may be certain benefits to forming an LLC in your state of residence, they are but a fraction of the rewards you can reap from operating in a pro-business state, such as Texas, Nevada, or Delaware.

Your mortgage and note would have all the people on the deed of trust or mortgage along with their fractional part of the loan. e.g.

That said, lately I have been touring properties in the Philadelphia area because their taxes are a fraction of ours here. 

I am managing a handful of properties that are under fractional ownership between 3-5 investors (under an LLC).

It's a little easier to envision approximately what a block is versus a fraction of a mile.

If you kept it and refinanced it onto long-term, fixed-rate debt you would be able to pull out much of the equity, pay a fraction of the costs of sale and taxes, and still hold the asset to benefit from the other strategic levers of real estate investing.The most common regret I hear from "down the road" investors is the assets they have sold. 

Happy MondayHolding period for a short sale is determined by the holding period of the security used to close the position.For the overwhelming majority of investors, the security used to close the short position is bought and held fractions of a second before it is delivered to the brokerage house and the position is closed out. 

You can rent a second home out fractionally and the best part is if it's a SFR/Condo/Townhome you only need 10% down!