@Steve Might, they may not "accept" EMD until acceptance but that does not translate into you not having to put EMD with your offer for it to be taken seriously.The way I do it is I write out a check for the amount of the EMD, the EMD is indicated in the offer and the picture of the EMD check made out to *WHOEVER*, as well as POF are included in the offer package.The *WHOEVER* is typically my attorney who is also my escrow agent. 

Now translate that across all the everything's in life.

This is a more detailed example so we can look at the calculations and translate it into the CD Comparison so we can make comparisons to all Types of Investments:Now, there are certain assumptions that are being made.

I have a couple of houses that I would like to translate into something else, but making that timeline is likely going to end up getting me into a mediocre deal since everything is so hot & high right now.

In my opinion, this should translate well to managing a multi family property of my own.  

Consider the nature of the jobs and the kind of money that people will make before translating that into real estate price inflation. 

I'm an attorney and foreign-language translator and am beginning my R/E investment education.

i recently bought a property thru auction.com. no bad experiences at all. well, i can;t say that totally, there were a couple of hidden fees but nothing that put us into the red area. it is an absolute must to gain access to the house. in many of these houses, you can have your realtor get you inside, as log as they are unoccupied and they have a lock box on the door. spend as much time on looking the place over as you can. i am a professional home inspector and know what i am looking at, so doing a detailed look over is easy for me. i do not know about other home inspectors, but i will look over a property with a perspective buyer for a small fee, usually $100. its not a complete inspection with book and everything as a total inspection would be, but if i see an area of trouble, i will alert my client. maybe you can find an inspector in your area to do the same. as far as the bid increments on auction.com, yeah it kind of sucks, but they place the bigger increments on the houses that they expect a lot of action from. they always post the bid increments on the page with the auction right under the starting price, so pay attention to that. the higher the increment, the more likely the amount of buyers will drive up the price. the lower the increments, the more likely that house has been on their website a while and they are looking to get rid of it, which translates into a good deal for you. over all, auction.com is a good place to buy.

im merely translating what everyone here means to say, but theyre just too polite and politically correct to say it in the way that i said itits all up to you what you want to do. i understand youre just here to ask for other people's opinions, and well, im here to give mine. if you dont want these opinions, them simply dont ask for them.this woman is talking about having you buy the things she wants for herself (updates to house), and having you pay for them just because "youre her boyfriend". she doesnt appear to have an income yet. shes racked up tons of debt in student loans, and the very job shes going to classes for pays a notoriously low amount of money. from what it sounds like, this is the definition of entitlement and stupidity. i would feel pretty selfish if i were to even mention something as ridiculous as that, and yet im earning nothing. so suddenly im the bad guy simply warning you about this woman?

I'm 38 and my plan is 60 units by 50.Ideally all within a small radius to have a direct effect on property values that translate into bigger school budgets.