The duplex provides a separate living space while receiving income.

After closing, when the property taxes were due I never received any bill.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Most professionals will recommend a separate LLC for every $1 million in assets but I don't think that's necessary.

Typically, a buyer going directly to the listing agent just doubles the commission that listing agent receives, will little or no savings to the buyer (or seller).6.

Game changer for active investor looking to get more passive investments, busy professional looking to diversify in real estate, individual investor looking to get into commercial or larger assets. 

We also got them to have it professionally cleaned, ducts cleaned, they threw in some furniture for free, paid a lot of the closing costs that buyer usually pays, paid most recent mill levy instead of prior years taxes, paid my 2.8% commission, etc. because it is a buyers market and that's what you can negotiate in a buyer's market. 

Readers should seek professional advice.

What you need to learn in your 20s is how professional business works, how to manage people and projects, how to run an organization and how to sell ideas and concepts.

The "due on sale" clause (DoSC) obligates the seller to notify the lender if the property is sold.Failing to do so would place the seller in violation of this agreement, giving the lender the right to accelerate the loan.But no laws are being broken here.So, subto is neither legal nor illegal.Second, it only works because most lenders are more interested in receiving payments than in invoking the DoSC clause and foreclosing on the property.But, it can work, provided seller and buyer are both on board and the proper process is followed.