It's quick, maybe three weeks, You'll learn legal aspects of contracts, contract law, title requirements, surveying, land uses, zoning requirements, construction componets and basic techniques, types and styles of housing, regulations that effect landlords, tenant and landlord law, what consitutes discrimination and how to deal with it, real estate financing and appraisal techniques and more!

Draw a map, survey it off, do a couple of planning and zoning hearings, pay a few grand and you're done.

We are closing on a new investment property next week - an old home we will flip -  and we just got the survey in.There is a very old chain link fence surrounding the property.   

These are negotiable on election days only with your state and local government officials.1300's are other fees paid to other people like termite inspections, surveys, buyers premium fees paid to auction sites, etc.To Summarize....Negotiate the 700's with your sales agent before you even start shopping for a house. 

Of course because of the engineering work and on site survey involved the cost of a study is high, but the tax benefits of accelerated depreciation far outweigh the cost of the study for most properties.

One thing that isn't out there is a survey showing which cities INVESTORS are investing in.I thought I'd create a short survey of the top 50 metros in the US (and one option for 'other') to show where BP members are investing.You can vote and see the results here:  https://goo.gl/ojbHZnThanks for participating!

On the upside, builders surveyed said that a less regulatory environment contributed to higher confidence readings.While home builder confidence is higher, the connection between confidence and building more homes isn’t matched by housing starts.

Taking a survey of the residents may also key you in on somethings they would like or fix...doing this upfront before raising costs of things help keep happy tenants.Even buying the property something like a picnic table is seen as a very positive gesture...look for less expensive ways to get the people living there a value add.Your profitability (NOI) increase that your building sees has a 10-12x value add to the property itself. 

I create a file by typing in the info on the ezLandlordForms.com website, and also request credit info through them as well.As to some tenants not having bank accounts, according to some surveys, a good portion of the low income population either does not have, or does not qualify for a bank account.

The US Census was kind enough to point me to State population growth projections here:  https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popproj/gu...