I am using your list to assemble documents now.

Okay Joshua Dorkin, am using my laptop now and it's working perfectly.

So I am rehabbing some of my units in my apartment building.I am using 5 gallon off white for cost flat to get them painted using a sprayer.The painter mentioned that for the bathroom and the kitchen to use a semi-gloss.The reason being in the bathroom the semi-gloss instead of the flat paint won't absorb moisture into the wall.With the kitchen the walls would be easier to clean for grease etc.I guess it made sense to me since I remember from my cars if the paint was flat anything that stuck was really hard to get off but if you had the gloss coating nothing got in and was easy to get off.I can still get semi-gloss 5 gallon for cheap.Just getting input form the paint experts.He is starting tomorrow.I am getting a smoking deal at 70 bucks labor per unit to paint 1,200 sq ft.He doesn't have any work right now and needs the money and is a professional contractor painter.He says he can clear one a day.

But, I am thouroughly amused at the people that place ads for work then you can't get them to work.Don

EXAMPLE: UBIT and UDFI (Leveraging Real Estate with a Non-Recourse Loan) Bob Smith has a Self-Directed IRA and would like to purchase a rental house for $140,000 by making a down payment of $70,000 and he leverages the property with a non-recourse loan for the other $70,000 financed at 6.5% interest only note on the difference (I am using a interest only loan for clarity on the ownership vs leverage percentage).

Here is my first.If I am using the 50% rule to quickly evaluate operating expense for a prospective multifamily property.

I am using this discussion to request for your input in which city I should primarily focus in for out of state investing.

What I can Offer to BP users:- What to do when it comes to updating a house with the latest and greatest Electronics,-Assistance with their house projects in return for mentorship and a chance to shadow what they do.What I am looking for from BPusers:- If anyone needs someone to check out a property or take Pictures of the property, I am your guy. ( currently have an hour drive from my house to work, I am used to the drive it nothing)-Knowledge: I am alway listening to Bp podcast and learning -Let's Meet: anyone with the same goals In the surrounding Massachusets region, don't be afraid to reach out.  

I paid almost nothing for the building so I never depreciated that on the taxes, I think that means I can included that in the basis ( I hope I am using that word correctly.) 

Yeah I am used to investing in Madison and Edmonton heights so this will be new for me!