•What was the price you paid for the house vs. what you sold it for / bought duplex for 270 sold for 375•How long did you live in the house / owned for 8 years •Did you make any capital improvements / put in a lot of upgrades on both sides most due to repairs , no huge additions , massive amounts of landscaping and dirt work, which I know are not capital improvements - so no

Or perhaps there are massive rate wars and when the dust settles the only one making more $ and LOTS more of it I might add, is the issuer(in CF that's the guy with the job looking for funding or equity share).  

I have 26 units, 25 in LLCs and the very first one is my previous residence and is still in my personal name for this very reason.Take massive action and I'll see you at the top!

Hi all.I figure it's time to introduce myself, having lurked, watched several webinars and taken in 12 hours of BP Podcasts over the past month or so.Anyway, my name is Craig, I live near Manchester, England, and I have absolutely ZERO experience in Real Estate.However, having seen my uncle and his 2 sons do really well in RE, and having nothing in the way of a retirement plan/fund (and being 44), I figure it's time to get off my butt and come up with a plan.Having looked around, RE seems like the way to go but, like a lot of people, pretty much everything I have is tied up my home and , as we only moved to this property 2 years ago, we don't have a massive amount of equity in it yet.Therefore, I need to find out how much of what i am reading/hearing on BP actually applies to UK Real Estate for a start (obviously, things like the MLS don't exist here - at least not to my knowledge) and how I can start doing something in the next 1-2 years.I could go to my cousins for advice, but we've never been a particularly close family and I don't want to just turn up and start asking for handouts (any advice they give could potentially impact their own business, as they buy-to-rent in an area less than 10 miles from me).I would prefer to get in to buy-to-rent (or buy-and-hold as I believe it's called over there), as I have a full-time IT job, that I am not looking to give up any time soon.Also, if any other UK-based members have advice on the best way to deal with the banks, any specific rules/pitfalls over here, whether the auction is the only place to buy smaller, cheap properties that need rehab (every man and his dog seems to go there, though, thanks to programmes like Homes Under the Hammer).Anyway. 

You will not seem massive cash flow here, but you will likely see good appreciation.

Learn as much as you possibly can, and then take massive action.  

This is massively helpful in deciding whether or not to 1031 Exchange if I do carry the note.So, if I carry, and they pay interest only, then I am not actually realizing any of the cash gain, correct?

but clarification as to whether you intend to owner occupy one of the units will make a massive difference.  

.-- Yes it seems like Milwaukee real estate has leveled off, but it doesn't seem to have the massive value swings that California has had. 

And so he saw what he wanted to see, and managed to avoid the massive amounts of material that did not support his position.This phenomenon is a form of cognitive bias, and it is extremely common.