I recommend listening to the BiggerPockets podcast show #113 (http://biggerpockets.com/show113) which features guest Jay Papasan who is one of the co-authors of the book I mentioned.Good luck!

On another note, the agent is not authorized to negotiate like that on Fannie Mae's behalf, the sales rep is the one that counters offers, so if he's lying about multiple offers in an attempt to bring your offer up, he's still in the wrong.

Decima (best selling author/seminar guy) who fixes them up, often to rent out, but also to eventually sell or even tap the equity (but beware how this would add costs, interest, and only can get a loan up to certain level of equity). 

In addition, many states do not license manufactured housing communities and in some states, like Illinois, the state only has licensing authority over approximately 50% of the communities, making government tracking difficult at best. 2 One national lender has since withdrawn from the market citing excessive regulatory issues. 3 Based on a comparison of publicly available information from HMDA reports with data supplied to RCG by both clients and non clients engaged in originating and servicing chattel loans made to facilitate the purchase of manufactured homes by consumers.

., a nonresident alien individual, a foreign entity,or other non-U.S. person), Owner authorizes Broker to withhold and transmit to theInternal Revenue Service thirty percent (30%) of the GROSS rental receipts unlessOwner elects to treat rental income as

This deal is not going to be accomplished safely as most approach an option to purchase, your agreement could well be 100 pages or more, addressing terms of sale, how liens for advances are applied toward the purchase, your interests acquired prior to other liens filed, insurance assignments, that's not counting lease assignments, attachments of lease terms and conditions, maintenance agreements and schedules, authorization to encumber the property and to pay liens.

I have a few different books by at least 5 different authors.

In the latter (West Van), I'd say you have nothing to worry about walking neighborhoods alone; in the former (that part of East Van), I'd suggest anyone (especially new to the area) would want a second pair of eyes to "watch their back".Same likely applies to lots of different areas of "Detroit"; some are bound to be great/safe/beautiful whilst others will be more "war zone" style - can't lump it all in to the same bucket :)As far as the airport itself though, can't imagine why it'd be a problem (I can't imagine any major US airport being a problem given how much law enforcement presence there is at all of them) - having flown there myself, it's plenty safe and fine with just the usual airport stuff to watch out for (folks who aren't authorized to provide taxi services trying to solicit in terminal for example or what not else).

Some security guards stand at the main gate of a big establishment such as an industry and their work is to initiate entry and exit for the authorized people only.

If it needs repairs, I would -buy @J Scott book http://get.biggerpockets.com/flippingbook/- read all of his postshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/author/jsc...Good luck!