Consideration doesn't have two hoots or a holler to any state law, it's federal and is consistent in all states under code, which is the full amount of the sale in cash or it's equivalent, the equivalent must have an ascertainable value in dollars at the time of the exchange.

The point of calculating a CAP rate on a certain property is to ascertain the value of what the sale price SHOULD BE if you're selling, or to justify how good a bargain it is.

Some have evictions that I can ascertain within 10 mins after checking magistrate court records with address/phone/name match.  

They merely give us a sampling of the prevailing attitude, the amount associated with the attitude, and the state which is important to ascertain the security law issues with our plan.

But take as much time as needed to gain his confidence in your abilities to correctly ascertain the quality and the problems.

I am a member and at this point am still ascertaining how wise it is to sign up now.

There is something to be said for anonymously controlling assets.In this post I’m searching for as yet unseen legal requirements and I’m trying to ascertain what effect, if any, that borrowing the accrued rents might have on my tax liability.

There will be micro fluctuations as certain markets are more saturated with housing, but from a macro level, rents generally keep going up.

I agree with the others posts that once you reach as certain amount of rentals, you either have to outsource property management or you might as well start a property management company.  

If I was as certain as you that short sales have to be done the way you say they do, then I'd would have missed some good deals.