In speaking with some other investors in my state (New Hampshire) I can across a state tax situation that I was not aware of and was looking for some clarification.In NH when you sell a piece of real estate that is used for business purposes (generating rental income) you are subject to the Business Profits Tax (approx 8.5%).  

@Jameson SullivanIf there are still pieces missing to your investment problem, give me a call or email.

Finding the right piece of land at the right price is a challenge.  

So now the property im looking to buy is $600,000, its basically at lot value, its a 1940s house on a lot, the house is useless and I want the lot to double the size of our lot and its a super prime piece of property in houston.

Without my wife knowing I contacted the bank and previous job's 401K, and wrote the owners the most powerful letter I had ever written on our desire to own that little piece of paradise.

The reason that they are smiling is that they are all getting a piece of the pie, and you are the pie!

When talking with realtors about staging my empty rental, none approved much staging, a few said no to all staging, a few thought a few pieces would be good, while others disagreed, saying that a few pieces would do more harm than good.

There's less competition on the garbage properties, and the banks seem to be more eager to get these pieces of crap off of their books.

Let me first give you this tiny piece of advice for Beginners that I give to everyone here at BiggerPockets who ever asks for Beginner's Advice:Set up your SIGNATURE - FIRST!

No two prospects are the same therefore you'll want to mix up your marketing pieces; yellow letter, zip letter, and text postcard and track your results.Let me know if you need any more help.