I plugged my strengths, both in my About Me and the About My Team profiles, but I also acknowledged my weaknesses (a proven PR/marketing strategy: anticipate their objections and address before they can raise them).

I believe in SYSTEMS and more importantly Proven Systems that Work...A Business Is a System of Systems.

I'm glad the site has proven so helpful to you.Also, here's the link to: The Book on Flipping Houses

This is where a sale price comes in as Kevin stated above, if it sold for XXX dollars but below an "estimate of value" (which is what an appraisal is) presented by a qualified appraiser, the value is what the property sold for in reality, not what any estimate of value might be.Real estate or other assets are legally recognized at the cost for a period of one year before any appreciation may be recognized, if there is any and then, that value must be justified by a qualified appraiser for legal purposes.

Tom GoansNot my first rodeo.Tax Sales are like the Wild West:There are no Seller Disclosures, and no laws requiring Seller Disclosure.The law does not recognize that some tax sale forfeitures are voluntary.There is no 3 day rights of recession.Sales are all cash, no opportunity for mortgages.Most of the sales are bought without an interior inspection, no home inspections here.

I recognize this wouldn't work if one were trying to buy one or two places, but if you're trying to buy a (relatively) larger number of units, does this not make sense?

Medicaid programs in CA and other states have recognized that gifting the primary residence does not produce income and does not affect benefits, and is exempt from the look back.

This is a proven systematic way to market to a unique list of people who are not on most peoples radar, and, have a high statistical likelyhood of selling.As Chris said, take it with a grain of salt.

I have odd feelings about this, because our first two companion animals were actually acquired at places that I was renting; they were feral cats who seemed to recognize us as trustworthy people... in both cases, I ended up talking to the owner after we adopted them, and in both cases they just said "well, okay, but if they leave any damage, it will come out of your deposit", which was fine with us...

Not all states have the same rules on these, for instance not all states recognize single owner LLC's.