Not sure what your financial situation is but if you're already broke, the early phase of being a realtor will make you even broker (rimshot for the intended pun!)

Considering a 10+ unit residential commercial property if one already owns the land, has everything else in order: civil engineering, soil survey, Phase I, and architectural blueprints...if the owner was forced to sell due to lack of financing and or some other reason does having those things necessarily increase the value of the vacant land?

We've been advised by our insurance agent that theft isn't covered on the builders risk policy, and every policy excludes theft during remodel or construction phase since it is too common and easy for fraud.

When purchasing a property, what kind of Cash-on-cash return do you guys look for? What numbers make you say, "yes, I'm buying this property," and what numbers make you say, "no, this deal isn't for me." When I analyz...

I am a totally new investor who is currently in the "education" phase of my investment journey.

Sometimes that might mean mild profits during the growth phase.  

There is an up-to-$25k passive loss allowance for active participation in RRE that phases out between $100-150k of AGI. 

As of now I am in the education phase and currently getting my License.

up there,   the city council 'turned blue' in the last election cycle so some kind of regulations are probably going to arrive eventually.I do intend to eventually sell off my remaining seattle property,  but for now as its fully updated,  meets inspection rules, attracting good tenants and running smoothly its in the cash-cow phase of ownership and I'm not in a hurry to divest it.

My name is Brian and I am currently in the research phase of deciding what real estate investment direction I would like to go in.