CoStars advertising is a fairly new feature (within the last year) and I don't think it has the kind of activity that Loopnet has - especially from buyers.

In some states, (mine is one) you lose homestead protection, fair market value protection, and other protections and priveleges given to non-hoa homeowners.

Its a fairly complex setup with both a contribution and a profit sharing component.

We would be doing all the work...what is a fair return to give someone for investing in a property like this....?

(maybe 60/40) Everything you put into your body is going to be needed, and used fairly quickly, when you workout like this.

I am fairly new in the Real Estate Investing aspect of this business.

I should preface this next part by saying that I am not a futures trader, but I tried to collect this data as accurately as I could:Commodity Time period Change in costCopper 2001-2007 UP 388%Steel 2001-2007 UP 238%Asphalt Cement 2001-2007 UP 143%Cement 2001-2007 UP 92%Gasoline 2001-2007 UP 96%US electricity prices 2001-2007 UP 118%US Median HouseholdIncome 2001-2007 UP 70%US Median Price of aSingle family home 2001-2007 UP 37%Lumber and plywood were fairly flat during this time frame.

I am fairly new at this too but have had some good connections so far.

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I think it really depends on who your bank is--I've seen very good loan mods from EMC, fairly good ones from Litton.