Health insurance company3.

It doesn't scale to 250-500K houses.Personally I think BP promoting the 2% rule does more harm than good in that it scares off a lot of new investors that cannot find a house that meets the criteria in their market.

He's been considering putting the money in a "survivor's bond" due to his dad's age and health status.

There is no strategy that is so unique or informative or secretive that someone with a bit of creative thought, one with logical thinking attributes could not figure out having a good command of basic real estate practices.Now, I'll yield to marketing, yellow letters, advancing and promoting yourself, phone systems, the generic business stuff that is not really so much an issue in RE, or such hardly regulated areas.

I personally went through a period when I had about 6 or 7 vacant properties, mostly because I was busy doing other, more profitable things (and another period when I was dealing with health issues).Just because you come across a vacant property, you don't know why it's vacant.

"Syndications" are a common way for a "promoter" (you) to put together a deal.

So the neighbor contact the Board of Health, once that happened, the conservation committee contacted us and proceeded to tell us that our property was on wetlands.

I've run into similar situations, less concerned about the wear and tear, as to whether the health department has a limit.

Annette Hibbler Shhh, please stop promoting SE Michigan.

With help from politicians, this idea has been methodically promoted as a reason behind higher taxes.