@Doug Pretorius that is pure GOLD!

I was purely speculating on any deed/transfer taxes.

Finding local foreclosures is actually something else I am interested in figuring out but haven't really looked into yet - but I'm definitely not seeing them in the same place.I was really considering buying a parcel at this auction purely for the experience, but by the time they removed the ones that had been redeemed before auction day there were only I think 3 that were big enough to legally build on (and not even usable if rezoned somehow, just like 4 ft wide strips of land between 2 houses and such).1 of those was commercial, would have required tons of tree clearing and excavating to build on it an all the engineers, applications, and hearings involved with that were intimidating for me... that was the only useful one I could've afforded. 

I wouldn't haggle on rent at all, purely because this sets a standard that rent is negotiable.

I'm going with a 15 yr mortgage as I'm hoping to have it be a pure cash flow during retirement.

If the partners are not playing an active role in the management of the company and are purely contributing capital, than that falls under securities law and you'll need to file under RegD.

Determine what your emergency fund (CapX) number should be, then fully fund it before you start taking money out.I know many in this forum don't go about it this way, which I also understand as well from a purely financial side.

That the purely logical analysis.

I would say depends if you do photo or video editing for your presentations then maybe get a macbook pro but if it will just be purely documents then macbook or macbook air will do

Just another reason why I'd like to diversify, and try out some OOS properties that can cashflow better and avoid speculating purely on potential appreciation.