One of the units has the old parlor and dining room and there's fireplaces in both rooms one of which seems operational and like its been used recently.

His full time job was serving as a waiter at an ice cream shop, and he made our deal miserable - or should I say, a Rocky Road.Part-Time Patty will drop her drawers on commission because she's a weak negotiator - and she's the very last person you want representing you.

The goods are all cream and priced very competitively.

Medical office space is gold, if it's near a hospital, kinda hard to run that out of your parlor as the small town docs did 70 years ago.As to office space, I believe technology has changed how we work, how we office in many ways, but professionals who deal with the public will still need a meeting place.Example, a friend has an "employment agency" for bank executives, he meets them at the club but runs the business out of his home.

I just see that putting in the finders fee as leading the wanna be BP audience who is full of no money how do I make money in this business with non of my own  into thinking this is much easier than it really is.. as you know deal flow in the note business is key and you have legions of folks all looking for that cream puff seller carry note :)Anyway once I realized she works for or with Eddie Speed I understand the reason and tone of the post.. had I clicked on her website first I would never even have commented on the thread. 

Then you could use 1 year tax return self employment with freddie mac and there you go you're now qualified into the conventional bucket and saved your self probably 1-2% in rate, 1-2 points, and all those adverse terms from the portfolio loans.Theres lots of ways to structure things to make it work the above is just the tip of the ice berg, but something to consider.

As a former Chicago resident myself, I can tell you first hand that it is your responsibility to make sure the tenants area clear from ice and snow to the best of your ability.

His reasoning was that if we paid to have it "treated" and they missed some ice the tenant could blame us for not properly "clearing" it. 

Or Vanilla Ice.

If the plaintiff's counsel knows you have it, it may just be icing in the cake on top your personal assets.