"Fortunately I had seen enough houses, and had just gone through my empty rental with the prop manager repair person to do the final walkthrough, so had some idea:loose towel racks, moldings, dirty ceilings/walls, dings/dents/holes, no paint where there should be, etc. condition of windows, showers, baths, etc.

You have to make an agreement with the investor buying the mortgage note saying that if the note is worth say $90,000 he is buying it for $75,000 plus your finder fee of we'll pretend $5,000 When all the paper work is going through then you give it to escrow so his total payment would be 80k

That isn't a deal killer usually as for a single family lot you only need to bring in fill and do some extra paper work to raise the site.

I had that post confrontation rage once and believe me - you need to get to a range and send some rounds downrange into paper.

Hi Jack, and welcome to BP.If you're trying to research area rents, you can try the local paper classifieds to see what similar rentals are renting for.

We are to go to the title co on the 21st to sign papers, and the agent said we will try to close on the 23rd.

The paper Form 982 is now being accepted, but the IRS reminds affected taxpayers to consider filing electronically, which greatly reduces errors and speeds refunds.The new law applies to debt forgiven in 2007, 2008 or 2009.

It can take years off your life, there are not many older traders.These days we mostly do longer-term long and short vol plays, and make some nice returns on cash invested with minimal stress.If you follow through on your interest, I recommend you take a lot of time an study, trade on paper first, and you will have a nice new tool for investing.

Am I willing to go collect rent or serve papers at night?

It seems that these books out here are just a sales pitch on paper.