Hello everyone, rei newbie in Ohio with a question regarding how to own my properties. I am in the process of acquiring a four plex on a land contract and a duplex which my family and I are house hacking. We are going...

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Even though in some places one organization collects taxes for multiple taxing jurisdictions....for example the county may collect for, the county, the city, the school district, the hospital district, the community college district, the water supply, the noxious weed control district, etc, the individual entities may have lists too they would give you.   

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@Jay Hinrichs - 😁 hope all is going well for you.Like you I don't do seconds Mike,,  I know the BK judges have ultimate authority.. but did not realize stripping the seconds was common or very common.. what I see on huds were I am doing new originations of distressed assets is the second taking 2k to 5k when they were owed 50 to 100k.. so I know the loss's are real in seconds ergo not for me.. 

In fact we tweaked some things, and instead of them (the city) being adamantly against it they got on board and actually helped with the project.Here's my personal & professional advice - talk to the individual first & foremost and find common ground. 

The challenge for investors with this approach is that they/we, as individual investors, have no control over the market.

@Brad Swearingen from my experience, the permit pricing is not very significant to the overall rehab budget, but what is troublesome is the time it takes for the inspector to do their job and the picky nature of certain individuals. 

Capitalism works in such a way that individual initiative and desire to put capital at risk is what drives things forward, and many of the really beautiful buildings in Oakland (to me) appear run down because that equation has broken down.

A few points to note:1) Every field out there experiences some form of lack of transparency from either individuals and/or companies.