Also this allows you to negotiate better and get better prices.You could get estimates from contractors to get a general idea but I wouldn't do this exclusively as they are a middle man and mark material up.

After 10/06/2014, Fannie Mae REO purchases are subject to standard Selling Guide requirements except for the following three benefits that will remain exclusive to Fannie Mae REO resales: Interested Party Contributions (IPCs): For principal residences with LTV/CLTVs greater than 90%, interested party contributions are eligible to 6% (versus the standard 3% per the Selling Guide).

I would not consider it like beer and cigs as those products are massively available and these new products are more exclusive retail wise. 

I have invested exclusively in Riverside and the beaches for the past 7 years.The neighborhoods close to the Saint Johns Town center also speak for themselves,but I haven't bought there so far.In any other parts of town,you're flirting with unpredictable vacancy rates.I live in Saint Johns County and will not advise you invest in "buy and hold" there unless you have deep pockets.You will be competing against owner occupiers and that usually means fewer steals.

Looking at a duplex HUD that is still in the exclusive period and I'd occupy one of the units.

What you're proposing is just a for-profit corporation that donates to charity.To quote the IRS: "To be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, an organization must be organized and operated exclusively for exempt purposes set forth in section 501(c)(3), and none of its earnings may inure to any private shareholder or individual."

I bought a few different alarms for my rental but after installing them I regretted not just buying these exclusively. 

WY & NV laws specifically state a charging order is the sole and EXCLUSIVE remedy a creditor has against an LLC.

This is exclusively how I buy property.You will need a bank that will make a non-recourse loan or some banks will lend on these provided you put the property in the trust after the mortgage is attached. 

This is getting into the legal weeds, but I suppose with this kind of deed (Quitclaim), it's possible for another party who has an interest (or at least claims and interest) to appear and challenge the legitimacy of the deed.Quitclaim deeds, which are used almost exclusively in MA simply transfer the seller's interest in the property to the buyer.