AL has unique laws, supposedly you get reimbursed for the “value” of the improvements.

If you lived in it for 1 year and have to move for job related reasons you'll still get 50% of the gain up to those $250/$500K limits.Take the money off the table and look to your next acquisition close to where you're going to reside as you get to know that market.

No, this is not an unusual or unique opportunity, you just need to know what you're doing - like with any area of real estate investing - and you MUST know your real numbers.Good luck to you!

Is it unique?

The market changes, and you've locked them into a selling price that leaves money on the table.

Over time, the interest portion decreases as the loan balance decreases, and the amount applied to principal increases so that the loan is paid off (amortized) in the specified time.amortization scheduleA table which shows how much of each payment will be applied toward principal and how much toward interest over the life of the loan.

The table below shows what will be the least expensive option for the borrower for their loan based on time.

or cash.. and scoop the deals when and if that time comes around again. but I think its fair to say 08 to 2012 was a very unique set of circumstances and other than a one horse town or one mill town or one main manufacturing town.. were the mill or plant closes and real estate tumbles.. we just never saw such a wide spread loss of values.. 

We all had a meeting the other night to discuss all our concerns and I brought to the table all the excellent information you all shared.

Correction, you USED to have $330k in your retirement account (Good job though, you are doing well and aren't part Ma & Pa investors I am talking about)Stock Market is now down another -221 points today Ooops, correct that: Stock Market is now down another -545 points today (That's about 1,345 points in a couple of days)So you like real estate over stockHow unique