The public image really is one of charity (training and employment for special needs groups).

I do have a question about charities.

That depends, every investor has different goals and strategies, but for many, yes, cash flow is the main reason to buy and hold, appreciation is simply speculation and in Tx, it usually goes slowly.Second, are you in business or charity?

I won a tour in a charity auction.

An agent can pull some expired MLS listings for you for a database but something has to be in it for them as they are not a charity.

I did a bit of research on that also, but it seems most of what I found is for things that are going to some kind of cause, charity , or technology: all of which I am neither.Or, would it be best for me to find a private lender who could give me a loan to purchase the building and the loan for the actual business while using the building as collateral?

If you give it away to charity, then you don't pay tax on it.

Partners in Charity Inc.= 2%-10%6.

Those six traditional forms of covenants can be broken ...http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561503550/deed_of_covenant.html deed of cov·e·nantnoun Definition: U.K. signed agreement: a signed document by which somebody formally agrees to make payments for a period of several years to a person in specific circumstances or especially, formerly, to a charity.

It is believed to be a fundametal Judeo-Christian philosophy (one of the many we've adopted into western society) but the truth is that if one checks the Bible - rarely was charity of any sort a secret.