I have written a sales contract with a right of first refusal such that if my offer is not accepted, I would have the opportunity to match any other offer that the seller is considering accepting.

Buying in 2009 maybe.I mean, there is nothing other than RE that can match without a lot more risk.BTW, some parts of CA, such as the Bay Area, bidding wars are back.

Hard to say without seeing it in person but generally speaking, a good stucco guy can fix the smooth patches with a matching stucco finish and may have to fog the area to get it to blend into the existing.

They say that the comps they used were the best match.

Also since your rentals are rented most of the time does your rental income come close to matching your full-time income where you would one day be able to retire off of the rentals?

Doing so will make the application or grant writing process easier if private money is injected in the deals reducing the need for Govt funds.Not real sure how a NP would be jumping on any high interest HML, but there are also aspects of disqualified costs with projects, things that can't be financed through CDBG funding, like oraganizational costs and expenses, some legal fees, engineering and pre-project expenses, depends on the type of project and how your state uses the money.I'm not really clear as to your matching up HML with a NP activity, the nature of each is a far spread away.

Non-accredited investors are investors who do not match the criteria of an accredited investor.

Your father's investments may not match what you, or the estate, may have in mind.

Sheena: I replied to your PM about the information that came up on google regarding your property and is does not exactly match what you have been told.

Not sure what year they used as their =100 baseline, but the takeaway for me is the country to country comparison.Here Canadian Teranet data (similar to the US Case-Shiller index using matched-pair sales of single family homes) shows house prices have risen at a much faster rate than Canadian per-capita GDP, per-capita income, rents, or inflation.