One of those things where I wish I was working directly with the buyer because it seems harder to have that conversation when working through buyer and seller agents.

Conversely a business could do 500,000 in sales and have a net profit of 220,000 before taxes each year.The biggest component when I look at buying a business is that if it's a job or an investment??

To top it off, the community had a pool for just $45/month in HOAs.Rents in the area were going for about $1,500/month for 4 bedrooms and $1,200/month for 3 bedrooms (at this point, I actually had the prudence to look at rents in the area -good).Through several conversations with several lenders (good), I found out that I could actually have multiple VAs at one time, up to a limit of about ~$417k.The loan in Lancaster was for $195k, so I still had ~$200k left.Awesome!

We get into a conversation and she tells me the following:-Bought the property in 2007 for $18,000 from the Districts Attorney Auction.

See http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc705.htmlhttp://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc701.htmlLet's see how a $100K house, and the cost to sell with an agent (ie commissions, closing costs, sellers concessions, holding costs, spruce up costs) include 10 to 12% of the appraised value.So maybe the net figure to the seller might be from hundred thousand dollars house 90K - 88K.So I like to bring up in conversation retirement planning, and use what if statements, like "what if Mr.

What sometimes comes up in layman conversations is one deed is "better" than the other.  

Let's just say, that too, has more to it than is usually conveyed in the short conversations.  

If you haven't yet- be sure to setup some "Keyword Alerts" to get into conversation in your target area.Seeya around!

Daren, or moderator,As a paying member, it would be nice if the website platform allowed for a differentiation of networking and solicitation. Sometimes the best relationships are begun with questions, that would not ...

I'm willing to trade my time and resources for conversations and advice.