I was recently in the home of deceased multi-millionaire captain of industry and founder of a company that you would recognize. 

Recognizing a lead that's marginal and being willing to walk early helped save my sanity and provided more time to work ON my business rather than peddling harder and faster IN my business. 

Given their size, I see additional costs such as greater regulation, higher management and admin costs, and more rigidity.I'd love to hear if anyone else is using these public companies as gauges/metrics for their own portfolio's and I certainly recognize that its probably not applicable to many here given that most people seem to invest in flips or lower income properties.

It will not draw the property lines on a map and it goes to the neighborhood but it doesn't recognize the actual address. 

LA. has specific requirements for a BFD, follow that closely, however, the current law may be behind on title issues recognized by ALTA, so contact a title company as to insuring title and the execution of simultaneous deeds.

Your capital gain income tax liabilities are deferred over the term of the installment note and would be recognized and taxed as principal payments from the installment note are received by you. 

Find some good templates to analyze properties so you can recognize a good deal when you see it. 

@Erin Elam The one mistake I made was take too long to recognize that the ONLY thing I needed was a an active investor to partner with so I could jump start my business, expedite the learning process and make money much faster. 

The key to finding a deal is being able to recognize a deal when you find it, also learn what to look out for. 

Send me an e-mail at [email protected] or PM here on BP and I would be glad to share some proven templates with you.