Purchase price: $8,000 Cash invested: $2,000 I purchased 2.5 acres of Raw Land in Joshua Tree, less than ten minute drive from the park and downtown area in 2018.Purchased via seller financing.2k down with monthly installments to pay out rest.Current similar lots are selling for around $65kI plan to hold long term Would eventually love to develop something on the land-either an art park or residence.

If the days on market are short, then possibly, otherwise this is a walk-away."

All your first set of questions can be answered by looking online or calling several local competitors.Your accounting questions though, show such a lack of basic knowledge that you probably shouldn't be doing this until you have more experience.

On top of that if you can find local investors that would give great insights.Section 8 has stringent requirements so it would be important to check off the inspection list as soon as you can.

The short answer is yes, they should provide you with an itemized reciept and if they are markign up, that should be a clear line item.

Their online banking software is pretty nice though.

I hadn't planned on using Airbnb or VRBO, but I suppose this could change depending on my progress using Furnished Finder.

I planned on living in one unit and renting the other, this worked great.

Also, on your first point, I have a funny story.

It depends on what your long term strategy is though.