You could likely acquire 2-3 nice class A/B single family rentals in Tulsa with the equity you project to have after the sale of your residence.If you choose to go this route and plan on retaining your rentals after leaving Tulsa in a few years, I would recommend you stick with class A / B rentals.

The money I retained will be enough to get everything started, plus I'll be adding some from my paycheck for emergencies.

5) TEACH everything I've learned, to keep myself accountable & retain more of it.  

If you are younger, and want to monetize your lease, but still retain potential future upside on the deal then I would steer you towards deal structure B. 

Staying on top of maintenance, repairs, upgrades and updates will help you retain good tenants.

I pay a lady that gets it all done in a week $295Might I suggest doing a deal as a sole proprietor (is that spelled right) and then take the proceeds to create an LLC, who knows maybe the attorney will give you a discount if you retain him as your attorney which obviously suggested as well.

Do they sell some of the stock that they had originally retained during the IPO?

The flip side of this is you would be earning a 12% bonus on any retained earnings repatriated to Canada {well, not quite 12% as the monies would be converted before you paid any Canadian taxes due}.In short form my advice would be:Identify your objectives before you begin;Research and identify the US markets in which you plan to invest and the segment of those markets (i.e.

Most lawyers won't even talk to you without at least a $2500 retainer.

We are working with Community LIFT here in Memphis and one of their three zones is at the northern edge of 38109, but as a general rule of thumb - when we are reselling to another investor and retaining the management - we really don't do 38109.