. $28K/unit is pretty cheap, but it is essentially following the 1% rent rule based on the current owner's numbers.

I'm just looking for a way to essentially back up my numbers if I do give him a buyout number 

So now my question is can does the number of days held start from when i bought the burnt down home and essentially if i wait till August then i can claim its as Long Term Capital Gain or does it start from when the New Construction is completed and i have to wait a full year from then to claim Long Term Capital Gain benefit ( which i wont)Your input will be much appreciated.

With a fourplex you are essentially buying twice the property (# of units) for the same price, so something has to give in terms of quality.But this seems to be more a lender-based question than a "How do I find the right property?"

Doesn't quite work out to be a wash because CA usually has higher tax rates so if you earned $2,000 in SC you probably paid a much lower rate... say $50 in taxes but in CA the tax on $2,000 is probably more like $180, but you would only get a credit for $50 so CA still essentially taxes that $2,000 in some fashion. 

If you had to choose 5 essential skills as an investor or just business in general, what would they be?

., a rental house put into service on October 1 only seemed to get me 25% of the regular depreciation credit for that year.The property I bought this year went into service at the beginning of July so essentially 6 months of this year.

The main reason for the disconnect between value and income was that appraisers only used comps from within the development, which essentially meant that unless buyers were willing to overequitize their purchase, it was very difficult for the appraised values to keep up with the 4-6% rent growth the development had seen in recent years.He told me that while the 3BR I was looking at would definitely cash flow, the real disconnect was on the 5BRs.

. :)We buy all the time then relist the properties, which is essentially what you'd be doing because you won't actually be doing a "Double Close" since your purchase won't happen the same day your end buyer can close. 

The Seller's side came up with the MLO as a strategy to avoid capital gains, so essentially my same terms on a MLO which I am not particularly fond of since 20% is a big chunk for an MLO which put me at risk of loosing it if I don't exercise my option but, I'm fine with it on a purchase because of the terms.