I am not from the area, but I have been to Midland many times in my life to visit relatives.

a) Gaming and hotel related is definitely the #1 industry, followed by construction.

Being from the Buffalo area, I can relate about the snow and cold weather.

There are designers out there that are relatively inexpensive that help with basic setup AND there are companies like realestatetomato.com that will design the entire thing for you including SEO support.Let us know what you end up doing, we can all chip in along the way :)

If the agent just isn't giving you the personal service that you would like, welcome to REO - consider taking 4rmgt's advice.On a related note...Banks CAN sell without an agent.

None of the properties I have crunched the numbers come relatively close any cashflow.

and i don't regret it at all. sure it's nice to have made a great profit on my first transaction but i viewed the situation as:1) i can continue to rent...2) ...or own a property paying the same amount of rent and expenses while gaining experience.in both instances my cash flow (i'm going to include the income from my job) would have stayed relatively the same---granted i pay about 200 more due to taxes and insurance. but 200 extra a month was not as important to me as it might be for some one else who has a tighter budget. but since i made the leap definitely feel more confident navigating the entire process over again and also learned how to do some rehabbing on my own (tiling, staining, flooring, light plumbing..etc...)I also now have realistic timelines as to when certain jobs can be completed----at one time i thought I could gut and fix my kitchen and two bathrooms by myself in under 2 weeks only working weekends.

I can relate Jo.

It tends to be inversely related to income.Do all lights work?

A change of title from one part to another independent of the tax aspects given the related parties.The county or other entities might impose a transfer tax even if the IRS thinks nothing happened from an income tax point of view.