but it still is a conflict, and thereby inevitably leads to questions and loss of confidence when the situation above happens with tenants

With this new lead certification requirement, I would think you would need someone certified to start work on older homes.

I would lead with $20,000 in down payment assistance.

I've been getting leads and talking to sellers for close to two months now and many of them have Free & Clear properties.If the asking price is too close to the ARV, my choice is always to talk them to seller finance the property.I've being told by other experienced investors that buyers nowadays don't have huge down payments.

I think people buy multifamily with not enough reserves, don't plan for capital improvements, start deferring maintenance, slowly the deferred maintenance catches up, resulting in less occupancy which leads to foreclosure.

if so, mls, loopnet are a great start..call a few commerical brokers in the area and tellthemwhat you want..they'll let u know when they have it...i purchase properties that need work and have tenant problems...i get these leads from craigslist and my signs..i also call landlords when their property looks like crap to see if they want to sell..

THAT always leads to an interesting conversation with my buyer:Me: "I need $17,000 for this one"Him: "But it's in MLS for $12,000"Me: "No it's in MLS TODAY for $12,000.

Each state has the authority to enact its own legislation governing commercial transactions, which means there can 50 different laws governing a certain type of transaction depending on what state you are in.

This type of business can lead to having a park named after you.

You can use that decision as an argument that it should be the same way in your appellate district, but this is known as "persuasive authority" not "controlling authority".