Implications of any particular strategy can have unforeseen consequences.Since your ex is unwilling to contribute money to the sale, your best bet may be to rent the house out to cover the mortgage, insurance and taxes, and wait for rising values to bail you out.

If they ask what it is, explain it to them.I bet the tenants leave in the middle of the night in that area.....

Your best bet is to open the topics you're interested in in a new tab (CTRL click on a mac), and when you're done with it, just close the tab and you'll be where you left off.

Personally I wouldn't bet on rents increasing, let alone more than inflation.

- I don't understand the question...I bet Jon meant to write "How much work to get it ready to rent?"

I have worked with a few of them; although their LLC status is pretty much irrelevant in the accounting side.Talk to a reputable attorney on the matter; however, as Bill Gulley said Insurance is your best bet starting out and equally important as time goes on.

Your only salvation might be owning a particular phase of the project that might be peeled away by lenders, but don't bet on it as the problems arise through the HOA of the PUD, if it is a PUD.As to slick thinking circumventing lending regulations....with multiple entities....bad idea.

It would be my guess that on average most people dealing in RE, I know it is for sure with agents, do very poorly.The answer is something you will have to learn on your own and it will depend entirely on your effectiveness, which is a result of your efforts, time spent, and abilities, combined with your resources.This is area specific so your best bet would be to find people in your area and figure out what is going on with them.

Hello BP,Although I've been browsing the forums for years, it's been only recently that I've taken the initiative to start posting more.As I'm approaching the start of my buy & hold investing journey, I'd like to meet some other local investors on the way.I'm sure I'll run into you via RE meetings, but wanted to also find locals who also post on these forums.Thanks for looking!

IMHO, your best bet is to buy some place that needs a fair bit of work.