Also I am somewhat unique in that I get contractor pricing due to my dad being a contractor.

And on that page is a featured video walk-through of the house where you're doing the walk-through and narrating the video pointing out all of the houses unique features.

There are no exact comps.. since this is unique in that it has a house with a detached structure for the rental units.

America has a unique financial system.

I'd love to take over the business, I just can't live in that area as it is a bit too rural for my taste.Ok, enough back story...basically, I have thought a lot about finding a way to utilize this unique opportunity of having my father's business in the family and finding a way to combine the cost savings of purchasing goods through his business to keep my rehab/flipping costs down and then giving his business a percentage of the sales profits or something of that manner.Does anyone have any insight into how I would go about establishing something like this officially (would it be an LLC, just a simple loan or agreement, etc) or any other ideas of how to capitalize on this opportunity?

Repeat this process a few times, and it doesn't take long to build up your cash reserves.As crazy as it may sound, deals like this aren't unique.

Every investors situation is so unique, that I think each one has to start with their priority (ie., I want $300+ in cash flow) and then look at those properties that come on the radar to see if they fit your other reqs:- upside appreciation?

The decision whether or not to pay off your mortgage is a personal one, but generally leverage is a tool uniquely powerful in real estate to enhance returns.

Can't speak for elsewhere (but I think PA is unique for that).

We just released our 38th show earlier today -- BP Podcast 038: Unique Strategies for Buying Real Estate with Travis Daggett -- and should cross the 500,000 listen milestone for our podcast sometime this evening!