When he did send it over it wasn't even an E-Sign or DocuSign......I was out having dinner with friends and literally had to go to a Kinkos, print out a bunch of pages.....sign them......and then re-scan them back to him.

Analysis: of Deals and of Markets, People skills, Developing systems so you be more of an entrepreneur and not a technician (Read E-myth for this one)

And you can only use the VA loan if you intend to occupy one of the units.You really should consider reading a few books on the fundamentals of real estate investing.

These parameters will help decide what kind of yields you are searching for, which you can use to filter down your list of macro markets.Then I would start by looking at the macro market's fundamentals, that is the population, job and income growth over time.After that, I would look to see what the rents and home prices are and how those are trending as well.I would do a similar analysis, but at the sub-market level for the metro area you are considering investing in.Other metrics that I find valuable to understand are household income, poverty, unemployment, and educational attainment.

A/E is always a considerable expense in any development budget.

Today, after having my realtor over to fill out a 32 page contract we get more paper work in our e mail this evening regarding having to go to a closing in NYC which is a 5 hour drive from our home!!

Have a nice dayHi Yanni,IMO the fundamentals are the same when investing anywhere in the world.

Ie, profit and loss from business to Sch E part 2, for rental, part 1, investment interest income, sch , cetain business credits, etc....

In engineering, we use simplified models to understand what a system is doing at a fundamental level.

Do I simply start taking depreciation on Schedule E?