And, as always, when it comes to creative real estate, attorney Bill Bronchick is a good place to get accurate info.

You need to provide more information for an accurate answer.

That will help you more accurately calculate the numbers for potential properties.

I am not willing to gamble that much to be the one that ends up being the case law around it.

Is this accurate?

This isn't 100% true but mostly accurate.

secondly - appraisals are just an estimate of value - and if you don't think that when an appraiser who does appraisals for banks doesn't come in RIGHT AROUND WHAT THE PURCHASE PRICE IS of a given property - you're dead wrong.it doesn't matter if the property is worth 400k and the purchase price is 320k - the appraisal will be like 330k, period, end of discussion.that's on a purchase price.if you get your own appraisal, independent of the bank appraisal (the appraiser who does the appraisals for that particular bank) - you'll generally get a better, more accurate description of market value - for your investment needs.FNMA is just a corporation that buys loans.

They have never openly lied to me, but they have never been accurate either.The actual MLS will have the exact days on market.

I'm interested in both; tax liens because of the favorable interest rates (16% in MD, 24% in Baltimore City), and tax deeds because of the ability to obtain property free and clear.Am I accurate in my thinking?

Many conventional loans will either not allow you to put a property under an LLC or will charge you points on your interest rate to do it.Your Return On Investment (ROI) or more accurately your Cash on Cash Return (CCR) is factored by first figuring your cash flow on the property.