They are probably the only courses I actually have used after graduation.

The assets I see them actually acquire do not correlate to the money they've raised. 

It's a fairly unregulated space (charging grandma $750 to puts around for 3 hours, after moving the old box from the horizontal sensor, which was the only problem with the garage door to begin with), so some combination of carefully reading reviews (you have to actually read them to make sure it's not 200 fake reviews), and maybe not giving them the full contract all at once, is in order. 

This actually seems like a great scenario for a 1031 exchange based on what you've said.

Yes, you can deduct related expenses including gas, loan interest, insurance, etc. using the actual vehicle expenses method to deduct auto expenses for your rental or other businesses. 

We see mis-listed units all the time, but occasionally there's actually an additional one per the assessor. 

The reality is that you will not find that in the seller finance space, and even if you do, there will be virtually no discount. 

The thing to know is that there are a lot of seasonal owners so, many properties that look "vacant" are actually held by out of staters from MN WI and IL.

I did that out of necessity with my first 2 houses and was able to buy in a nicer neighborhood than I could actually afford because they weren't updated. 

We actually just had several go in on Livingston ave on the west side where I'd not normally think would be desirable, but they look great and really brought the block up.So I'm a huge fan personally from seeing them go up in my own area.