Lastly, the requirements and ease of getting more-or-less conventionalfinancing also will be determined by your intended use of the property.If you are buying it as your primary residence and will be living in it, then getting financing will be a lot easier than if you were buying it as an investment property to be rented out.

It might take a bit of elbow grease and time to get it shipshape but the "investor" told me it looked pretty clean, all carpet and tile looked solid.

This makes it easier and quicker for you to evaluate deals.

Safe and clean are the keys to success in low income rentals.Good Luck,Mike

This will motivate you to buy your next home...and believe me it's a lot easier to get owner-occupied home owner loans...than investor loans.Once you own the second home...and you've learned all about land-lording from your first home...and that is how you "learn" in this business...on the job...evaluate if you like being in the real estate business...cuz it is a business...not an investment.

My guess is that the difference is small, compared to the number of sales that took place in the last 10 years.If you're asking a supply/demand question over time, that's much easier to answer.

We have a POA board (5 people) that has been handling all of our.. material liens on our properties, whose responsible for what, how to get the complex cleaned up and so forth.

All deals must be screened for title issues prior to closing and either necessary and appropriate actions must be taken to clean the title or the deal must be scrapped because of unsolvable issues.A title issue, also called a cloud, is any recorded document or state of affairs that prevents the transaction from getting through the title policy underwriting process because of a potential claim to the property in opposition to the seller's.

OK, I admit it, I've been lax & lazy...but I want to clean up & go straight (sort of): I set up an LLC 2 years ago.

These systems also generally include a waste treatment facility which will clean out all the water you use, as well as clean out rain water which is collected.