But the city has risks too: historic tanneries, dry cleaners, gas stations, garages, workshops, any kind of industrial use - always be suspicious of what people did with chemicals back in the 50s and 60s when the general population had no awareness of the damage I just had to turn down a small development  10  house's or 20 detached as phase 2 found chemicals for the Filbert orchard ( Filberts are hazelnuts ) that was planted 30 years ago.the soil had to be dug down 1 to 2 feet analyzed and hauled to special dump at 3X normal dump fee's.. there is a reason why we do phase 1 and phase 2 and just dont buy this dirt and take on those liabilities.. now to be fair this is for lending purposes is someone want to buy it the county / city would not require the phase 1 or 2 but you take on going risk of someone suing the pants off of you in the future.

As property managers, we see up close on a daily basis which properties perform best and are the most popular with guests…as well as the ongoing challenges.1.

Here are a few key insights:Neighborhood Appreciation: Areas like Fountain Square, Bates-Hendricks, and Irvington are seeing strong appreciation, thanks to ongoing revitalization and growing buyer interest.

Ongoing construction projects valued between $26 billion and $30 billion fuel employment opportunities.

Remember that the more complexity increases not just legal set-up and ongoing fees, but tax prep and advising fees as well.There are several considerations that can go into the analysis of whether you need an LLC or whether a large insurance policy will suffice.

Changes to convert a whole house to meet ADA requirements and the ongoing nonsense that might keep coming up sounds insane. 

I plan on going to meet ups to network.

I am planning on going to the 9/30 Meetup here (http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/147107-las-vegas-area-meetup-september-2014).  

Run an Opco/Propco model.If your business utilizes real estate as part of ongoing operations you can get all the tax benefits of active RE by having the building purchase and hold the RE.3.

If the deal is structured right, sponsors likely get little to nothing until the property has sold, aside from some up front fees and some ongoing fees.