The combination of the right deal and right financing is crucial to success in this business.

sounds like the big feature for them is the IDX platform.One thing that caught my attention that we are following up on is how slow the website opens up when you first go to it.Thank you in advance,Manny

Bryan C.I like Ohio and land  contracts on exit strategy because you can get them out if they don't payA selling feature for you is vendee owns the home and pay all cost of ownership as opposed to a lease to own  where you are the landlord and you're liable for repairs Generally you can get a good down payment like 10 to 15%

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I would suggest looking around the east side of Salt Lake.This "Judgement map of Salt Lake" is eerily accurate:http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/2814-check-out-this-hilarious-map-of-salt-lake-city

It helps too to get the year built as close as possible and any other features that stand out.

But if I leave the military in 5-10 years, the amount in the 401k won't be high enough to matter, plus I cannot access it (apart from the self-loan feature which may or may not be available when you are no longer active), until age 60 or so.

And yes all the fancy features were Styrofoam blocks sprayed over with stucco. 2008-2009)

This need not be expensive, sometimes just doing a slightly better paint job, or a feature wall, or painting kitchen cabinets will suffice. 

When you said you spent to much does that mean you overpaid for contractors and/or you added more feature than you needed to?