This could also enable you to basically live expense free if you can find the right deal and calculate for any expenses.

Lenders, who never like to not be in control, have since altered their terms such that an change in ownership or control of a corporate body holding the mortgage triggers - at the lenders discretion - the due on sale clause.There are still other advantages to holding real estate in its own holding company, but not the big one which previously enabled financing to travel with the property. 

We're regularly presented with busted flips.In reality, unless a disaster occurs, most projects just go slow and you'd probably just give your friend a no-cost extension to enable him to complete the project and let the interest accrue.

Contacting the listing agent has enabled me to win out over the other offers on more than one deal, since they have an incentive to accept the offer, getting additional commission.

I'm sure is current and usual practice and I m just trying to understand the underlying reasons that would push not to disclose some information, not to enable potential buyers to assess the property properly etc...Thanks in advanceBest

But why not form a partnership that enables you to wholesale your own deals and split the profits 50-50?

I imagine it can be quite lucrative depending on how much time and effort you put into it, especially in a large metropolitan area such as D.C.Do you know what databases these companies use to find rentals and renters?

Depreciation is the natural aging your home is allowed to endure, basically the standard calculation of wear and tear that enables you to deduct from your tax liability.

For bankruptcy you have to research the federal court's data base, www.PACER.gov. 

Appraisals – Are these stored in a database somewhere?