(CNBC) – Texas snagged the top spot on CNBC's list of America's top states for businesses.The Lone Star state scored 1,651 out of 2,500 points, making it the only state to be named a four-time winner since the study's creation in 2007.

My sweet spot is vacation rentals and assessing highest and best performance in various markets, looking at NOI vs CAP, evaluating acquisition, expenses, exit strategy, and modelling for various scenarios with a near infinite number of levers we can tweak to account for any nuance in any variable. 

I would focus on making your vacation rental the perfect spot for you and your fiancé and chances are, it will be perfect for other visitors, as well. 

So, if you happen to be doing well financially, but are unaccredited, you'd be shooting yourself in the foot relative to your chances of getting into a deal with a syndicator who accepts sophisticated money, because they wouldn't want to loose 2 out of the 35 spots for one person.2.

deposits range from 10% to full price on the spot depends on the CO.Where is am not sure yet is when a lien / past tax/water/sewar/HOA  is cleared by the foreclosure or not. 

The frustrating part as agents is the average property values in the area are in the sweet spot for the average and fist time homebuyer being in the $100-200k range. 

Look at this real bad spot near the fireplace.

Usually there is a reason and they give it on the spot (plus late fee of course).

I spotted the listing firm that represents the investor and had a nice chat with him to make friends.

If there is a local office, the agent should drop it off in person; when they do this, the person taking the packet will verify that everything is in order and if something is not (like the EM amount), they'll let the agent know on the spot.- With respect to HUD suggesting inspections prior to making offers, now you know why they do this.