@Chris May,Remember that your assessment of level of understanding is yours, and yours alone, and may or may not be shared by others, as evidenced in this thread.

The mortgage foreclosures require the state to acquire three appraisals of the property, the opening bid on the auction will be 70% of the average assessment as the opening bid.  

•How to assess the viability of investing in resort properties, such as those in Watermark Beach Resort.

Hi all,I moved to the city (overland park area) about one year ago. I am a beginner investor for real estate. I have a few properties down to Texas (where I moved from). New to this local market, I wonder whether buy ...

Even though there are multiple variables to assess here, what's the age of the property? 

I'd love to utilize their expertise when assessing a property since they are local but I'm not sure what the general expectation is when I don't have a tangible property and I have not entered into contract to work with them yet.Some questions I have are: local regulations/permitting timeline, property's potential from their perspective, landscaping/amenities cost estimate (they also help facilitate this).

I'd love to utilize their expertise when assessing a property since they are local but I'm not sure what the general expectation is when I don't have a tangible property and I have not entered into contract to work with them yet.Some questions I have are: local regulations/permitting timeline, property's potential from their perspective, landscaping/amenities cost estimate (they also help facilitate this).

I think this is very accurate assessment of community banks and portfolio banks.. but for all the other fannie freddie govmit backed loans that investor and especially homeowners use its a non starter. 

None of these originators are allowed to assess you as a higher risk because you paid off a mortgage early. 

I would also recommend looking at cities close to Greenville, like Anderson, Easley, & Simpsonville as well since Greenville can be competitive unless you are looking at off-market deals.Also the non-occupancy tax would be based on the tax assessed value of the property and not the income it produces.