I agree with Joe B. a land trust is much easier/cheaper to create and maintain while still giving asset protection.

The price on the shelf might be cheaper at one of the big chains,but in my experience,if you are a regular customer at the smaller building supplies,they will discount everything you buy.Go into HD and ask them what kind of deal they can give you on something and they only have the authority to sell it as priced.The other guys will cut you a deal to keep your buisness.

Don't fall for it or you will be in much worse shape.There are lots of cheaper places to live than California.

While property is much much cheaper out there - boy are your taxes high.

Not quite the deal I was looking for.If the auction source does not work out because they don't have anything for sale in the next month or so I will need to go the traditional way.But if anybody has a source that sells it cheaper than the above price please let me know.Thanks for all your help.

I did learn in my divorce though how to make this process a real PITA (learned from my ex's example....) and it's probably cheaper to just pay me off.

Christian, can you use your guy and get the cheaper perfboard from him?

So, it's a little bit slower to sell, but not tremendously so.Something to consider: It's generally cheaper and easier to buy in the winter months, and if you take a couple months to rehab, you'll be selling in the spring if you buy in the late fall or winter.

Since then we have actually found another 2 family at a cheaper price $34k and are going to be closing on the deal in 2 weeks.

So while the $97 is a great deal, they certainly make up for it in other places.It was still cheaper for us to use Lowe's than the other carpet installers we called.