The other property that seemed expensive was 300k and acre, 75k leveling and no easement issues.That's 375k an acre versus 510k an acre.

This increased our chances of finding and fixing the problem fast versus looking at obscure things and wasting time.

It appears volunteer versus payment doesn't enter into the requirement for permit as they are concerned about the children in your care, volunteer or not.

Hi Emily,The question is will you have the time to put in to do such a venture versus investing yourself??

A benefit to strips is you can get forward commitments ahead of time for leasing up versus a vacant apartment unit where you can't lock down anticipated revenue as soon.

What would be the difference in finding a short-term private investor versus taking out a mortgage here?

You have to look at risk, versus potential return,versus how hard you have to work to get that return.I would take an 8% all day that was easy compared to an 10% that controlled my life and created another headache and job for me.

The 10,000 is an absolute loss for leaving the deal versus 40,000 that even if I the seller am owed it trying to collect from the buyer or their representative will be like pulling teeth.Was there a listing broker and buyers broker or just the listing broker here??

I think too many realtors are too willing to push first-time home buyers in the direction of max amount they can afford versus is it a solid purchase value-wise (You'll hear a lot of, But look at the payment, it's only $35 more a month if you offer $x-thousand more, etc. -- those agents drive me nuts).

Rents seem pretty good versus purchase prices and it seems there is upside because of the high number of foreclosures values still look to be a fraction of what values were .