Time to let the tenant pay down the debt, time for appreciation to kick in, time to let the tax benefits reduce what goes out in taxes, time to season the title before refinancing.The slow route is actually pretty quick once you get rolling.John Corey

The S might be allowed some deductions for employee benefits that an LLC can not have.

If there is a lot of equity in the property and no one is acting for the person you can try to help but I would not do so in a way that has you benefiting from the equity.

Thank you for your time and I hope you find everything to your own benefit, keep it biggerpockets!

I have not done this yet, but you may want to look into it.Thanks for your reply and this is very true we can all benefit one another in different ways!

Things can happen too quickly in an area for a national company/system to adapt quickly to update those values.I personally don't see a big value of a national system - the benefit for persons that work on a national level is really quite limited.

I hope my experience as a remodeler, landlord and agent will benefit the group.

What types of services that a virtual assistant could provide would benefit real estate investors?

If he is not on the title, then he does not receive any tax benefits with the losses generated by the rental real estate operation.

BY dealing with the homeowner prior to the auction, you have the opportunity to short sale the property from the bank and offer the current owner, walking $ as well as the benefit of not having a "foreclosure" on their record.