Paid off rental properties is the lowest possible ROI  and as we all know owning real estate is a major work load that actually prevents you from ever retiring.

The list agent can not prevent the seller from excersizing these rights.None of my previous advice stated that you should circumvent the list agent, on the contrary, I stated to make the offer in your buyers name and bring your buyer to the table for your consulting fee.

One more question before gearing up to do this:I'll need to finance whatever I buy in Indy with this 1031, so does that prevent me from buying from a wholesaler?

The fact that they did not argue their defence during the eviction, to prevent it, is evidence that what ever the are now claiming was made up after the fact.Hopefully common scenes will prevail and they will lose the suit.

I just found out I have a judgement against me in Texas.Here is my side of the story.I built a 4000 sq foot house for my family and I in 2009. It was a 12 month construction loan.After the property was complete, the r...

Lenders are smart enough to add back depreciation to actually analyze the performance of your portfolio.Generally, your tax /financial advisors will have to analyze your goals to check if you have any expectation to leverage in the future, and if they should not be aggressive with the deduction in order to prevent the tax loss that might adversely impact your ability to get the loan. 

Does it need work to prevent deterioration like a roof?

This give the house a warm blanket and prevents thermal bridging.      

The regulations restrict landlords from requiring certain information, that does not prevent you from asking.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design... look up the principles on the internet and employ them.