Separate utilities - There are three distinct units in this house. 

You can probably then as to see units with each distinct floor plan. 

I'm only 23 and I'm trying to figure out a strategy for investing in real estate for the long haul.Is there a distinct advantage of buying properties for all cash, if you're in real estate for the long run?

Call your assessor's office if you want to unpack the calculation.The assessor uses an automated valuation tool (done by a computer with no distinction for condition or level of finishes in a house), so it has all the flaws of zillow.com values, with the additional problem of even being as much as several years old and utilizing even cruder software and mass appraisal techniques.

Kristine Marie Poe are offering some sage advice here about the various "flavors" of "distress".I found my own property by marketing for it.

I think anybody who can't make the distinction and bids on a second will learn from their mistakes, or shouldn't even think of bidding in the first place.But you might consider some further reading:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/41/topics/68977-foreclosure-auction-sheriff-sale-and-trustee-sale-faq

A important distinction is that I am not saying that rates will increase, but rather they are more likely to increase than decrease.

Too give you a flavor of the numbers...

OC has many different pockets and where the market may be distinctly different, especially if located near large employers.And always pay attention to the "mix".

With commercial real estate, you are at a distinct disadvantage if you bring a buyers broker in most cases...or you have to pay your broker the commission.