An inspector is good but the engineer will carry more weight.

Also interesting to note is the NAHB arrives at their figures by applying different weight to different classes of properties.

Short term : diversify into Wholesaling to help mitigate my lost income and also provide more flexibility with my time Long Term:  Continue building wealth and cash flow by gradually increasing our rentals properties with clear titles and using leverage where possible.Are you looking to run a business (wholesaling) or are you looking for more a a risidual income from rentals?

Do do this, the hatch has to have a little weight to it.  

That would represent a 2% to 4% risk premium over the REIT after accounting for the move favorable tax treatment with direct ownership.I'm looking at 2-4 unit multi-families and I'm not giving any weight to potential appreciation.

Maybe you'll get enough data where you can do a weighted average.

Anything 4 units and under appraisers use the comparable sales approach where 5 plus units the weight is given to the income approach.So to take a pure income approach to 2 to 4 units or residential will yield mixed results.

Since they are the local PM heavy weights and trend all their units, they will be able to tell you some good estimates.  

Now at her age she has to try to repay what she borrowed on, and I have the weight of the world to try to figure out a way for this money to be replenished.

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