did 3   one broke even only because sponsor made everyone whole at exit which I suspect is quite rare.other two are perking along.. these were Class A apartments in Upper mid west promote was not some sky rocket return and frankly I can do better on my own.. but it was end of year so I was looking for some cost seg. 

Saika  While a permit is a hassle, what happens if there was a fire, it burned down, someone got killed and the fire department was not even aware the unpermitted structure existed.

There are small communities in Texas where the 3 or 4 small brokerages in town just keep a list between themselves or have created a Facebook group among themselves to promote their listings.I have run across a few Brokers over the years that just worked with buyers in the purchase of HUD/VA foreclosures and were not Realtors and therefore not members of a Board/MLSHowever, in any MLS that I have been involved with if the Broker is a member of the MLS, all of their agents are also required to be members. 

My guess is that the promotions feature will turn into a variable commission model in the future (20% Discount, Airbnb offers 10% to the customer and pockets the 10% in extra Commissions).

Funneling profits into buying real estate from a high paying job or a business and learning the basics of how to do it profitably can create 10's of thousands and 100's of thousands of and even millions of dollars that would be hard to achieve through getting promotions at work.

In the end someone who thought my tenant fully owned the property decided to burn it down for him.

One last thing, you can join a group on Facebook, specifically for wholesalers (legal) and promote your business.

Maybe it's burned to the ground.

The loan officer was aware borrowers planned to use it as a portfolio rental so the only thing this "special loan" would accomplish is burning the relationship. 

Philadelphia has implemented various forms legislation over the years between abatements, land banks and density bonuses geared towards promoting development in areas that suffered from disinvestment and housing affordability challenges with some legislation having been more effective than others.