@Das Siva, @Aaron Mercer, @Simon Baker, @Deborah Tucker (can someone tag her I apparently don't have her as a colleague).I might be in Sydney for the latter part of February next year for a few speaking gigs and would love to catch up with everyone.It sure has been a while since I've been back home hehe :)Thanks

Finally, having read all you can, after speaking to as many people that you can, and after fully knowing all the details of both the investments and the investors, then have confidence that you are stepping into higher responsibilities and higher returns.

He passed away a few weeks ago and i walked over to speak with the family who is here this week cleaning the house out.

This method is not regular financing, and you wont be speaking with any loan officers, but you could still purchase the home, get the title in your name, and have a real closing.

Whichever tactic you use, make sure to do it daily as it may take 100 emails to get 1 person who may just speak to you about listing.Also continue marketing to your SOI (sphere of influence) so that whenever they think of real estate they think of you and hopefully refer you to others.

I've seen a few investors speaking specifically about Kansas City.

Legally speaking...can I deed my house to an LLC I create, thereby treating the house as a business and not a personal residence?

I'm not sure if Intuit scrubbed the reviews on Amazon or not by  now,  but it's worth reading the reviews there for their 2014 tax software - they IRKED A LOT of customers over their shady business moves.I used their Rental Property Manager software some years back before I moved to Buildium and it was crap - their support was crap and when you call them you are speaking to someone using a voice synthesizer to remove their accent located in India, Philippines or some other place where they could care less if they help you or not.Not to change the topic but if someone has a better alternative for Tax Software I'm open to it.  

I cant speak for other TK providers markets but I also cant imagine them to be too much different. 

There are 2 points to consider here:- Rising rates is good for banks (generally speaking) because it takes pressure off of the margin squeeze they've had to deal with for years.