If this agent has been the procuring cause of sale, you are about to submit an offer and you feel confident with this agents representation let that determine if you want the ability to "shop around." 

You can't actually pay it off directly because they've been securitized, and the people who invested in those securities did so because of the specific certainty of the payment schedule.What you do in a defeasance is use the proceeds of the sale or the funds from your new lender to purchase treasury bonds that are packaged to make the exact payment amounts and timings on the remaining term of the loan, and then assign those bonds to your old lender.

The average closed sales price increased 2.9% but the big changes were in the numbers of listings and sales.

Purchase price: $400,000 Cash invested: $20,000 Sale price: $620,000 Bought near a private university with the plan to live in it before renting it out.

Looking to possibly start investing with some whole sale properties and land.

First step is to figure out how to buy the land (if it is even for sale); I have the name of the owner from the tax rolls, so I think I will start there. 

Recently, I created a Series LLC with separate DBAs (per advice from my CPA), but I haven't done the deed transfers yet.My main concern is the due-on-sale clause – if transferring the deed to the LLC triggers an issue with my lender.

I believe the property have appreciated in value just based off recent sales in my market area.

I had heard that leaving the slab and rough plumbing would raise the sale value of the land because those are costs that a developer won't have to incur. 

While it seems like there are some better priced deals lately, you may have to be prepared to put down 30-40% down.I'd say due to the lack of homes for sale, you should be open to many if not most cities depending on the deal that comes up.