:wink: noticed your sig....my mom is interested in buying near portland (i think an hour north last time i checked)...i don't think she's going to be able to go right away but i might have to look you up whenever she gets to that point. which actually reminds me of a thought i had earlier. my mother and sister i HOPE HOPE HOPE are moving out here to tucson for a couple of years or until she sells her home in MO and she is a stay at home mom even though i am married and my sister is in college so i am hoping to hire her on as my project manager and benefit us both!

By the way can anyone tell me the benefits of having an outlook in your home PC?

To give you a point of reference, here is a raw land deal that I financed in TX that might give you some insight:- Raw Land not yet zoned/plated (45 acres)- Loan amount 506K (less a 75K holdback for entitlement)- 70 loan to value- 13% + 5 points- 1 year payback with interest only paymentsHope you can gleem some benefit...Regards,Scott Miller

It takes too long to get them back onto the market, and all that time the prices might be falling, and you don't know how much they are going to go down.One additional benefit of fix and flip in a weak market is that you can actually get the best workmen to come and do small jobs.

It would be near impossible to tell which one would benefit you most.

all i can suggest is try to give her the benefits of investing...give her the advantage of it.she will soon realize that it's good to invest in a real estate.

(b) The landlord or the tenant may terminate a month to month tenancy by a written notice given to the other at least thirty (30) days prior to the periodic rental date specified in the notice.So if I had a non paying tenant which type lease would benefit me most?

There are tax benefits to owning property, but it is also work!

If I hold it for 15 years, I delay getting that 20K benefit for all that time, and all the while that 20K is just getting around 3% a year, the assumed rate of appreciation of the property.

from a buyer's standpoint, has anyone dealt with a seller that offered you a lease option and you turned around and purchased the property and benefitted from the equity?