That, in my opinion, is your best path.

Most assets today are trading at a percentage of BPO (Broker Price Opinion) as opposed to UPB (Unpaid Principal Balance) because of the loss of equity in the marketplace.

You may have to pay a good contractor for his time to help you estimate these costs, but it's worth it in my opinion.

Another sits vacant.So far, I have a very high opinion of her and her firm.

In my opinion this is the better bet since it is his personal residence.

Those of us who want a different life need to understand that the college experience is about broadening our horizons and not about helping us acquire skills and perspective necessary for entrepreneurial success in my opinion.

It's not just dry RE Law books or books on surveying, but all kinds, likely they have some of the "investor" books (I know I saw some) as well as technical references.I was just thinking.....If you all, (enough people) would be interested I'll check them out from the BoR, read through them and give you a short version of recommendations, a synopsis, opinion but no endorsements as such.

In my totally amateur-not-at-all-professional opinion, if I had money to invest in Southern California, I'd look closely at Temecula.

There are probably hundreds of how to books but nothing beats real life knowledge and live advice you can get right here.First option which is the best option in my opinion is to keep 100% of the ownership and equity, keep the investor in a lender position, secured with a note and deed of trust which pays investor set interest rate (I typically pay 10%-12%) and you keep all profits.Option 2 would be to give an equity share where lender gets paid interest plus has some % of the equity.

In my opinion, buyers are EASY to find.