Richard look up your local real estate investor association.If you go to work for a flipper to learn the business make sure you are not used and abused.Make sure they have completed a certain volume of deals and that they have the knowledge to give you.What investors do not want is to work with someone with no drive who wastes their time.If they will pay you a decent wage that is at least what you are making now or more,you hit it off from the start,etc. then you are on your way.Eventually you can partner with them on some deals when you save up some more cash and they will show you how to save and supplies and do quality repairs and upgrades in a fast manner.

Once you hit 90 days past due, you should on the street.

It is hit and miss situation.

Basically, you have hit the nail on the head.

We would kill for ANY contractor that could hit a deadline "professional" or otherwise!

If you are holding less than a year you would get hit with short term gains.If you hold for a years time you would get hit with long term capital gains.If you defer the gains with a 1031 after holding a year and selling to the city then you will not pay anything if done correctly.While there is no rule on 1031's case law and 1031 companies site 1 year as being safe to do a 1031.Anything less than that and the IRS has been challenging you are holding for resale purposes and not investment purposes.Simply have the city purchase after your 1st year of ownership is up if you want to avoid the gains taxes and do a 1031.

Congratulations to Josh for hitting 100,000 members.

Plus, a major point being it is not an efficient system for keeping others out, making it very easy for other neighborhood's kids, owners' friends, etc., to use our pool all summer without signing appropriate waivers and paying the guest fees involved to help alleviate the cost of maintenance and lifeguard fees just by handing a photo of yourself to the lifeguard early in the season.

I met with a broker yesterday and she told me it would not be efficient to close with two separate title companies.

Much easier to hit someone up on Facebook, twitter, or via a text.