The main reasons that I'm looking at Columbia, is that I grew up there, know the area and the fact that it is very close to the University campus.

I think the main take away here is no matter what the investment, do your homework and invest in what you understand.

I'm located very close to you in Southern Maine right beside Portsmouth, NH).

This is one of the main reasons I will have contractors on the next project.

For example Commercial properties are mainly listed (at least on a national level)on loopnet.com which is the first company to list commercial properties in an online database. ( that I know of)What other technology based solutions can be provided to Real Estate, particularly for private investors?

. $125 in Mass).I don't know exactly what you need to pay the state of MA in annual fees.

In fact, he is one of the main reasons I've changed my views on "debt" - lock in fix rate debt attached to high yeilding asset (rentals).

My operating expenses are mainly water sewer garbage.

It's possible there is a negotiator in the middle, but if there is, he hasn't been mentioned.This property actually wasn't on the main Atlanta MLS (there are two here and some brokers are too cheap to pay for both), which I guess is why everyone was excited when we made the offer on the last possible day and why the bank is being more negotiable.

Mainly because the replacement values they estimate are way higher than the actual value of the property.