Even if its a gold mine, land cost is usually very small compare to overall project thus profit margin is low as well.

I pay her mortgage  throughout the duration of the flip($750) and pay the house off at the end ($64000). then profits mine. the ARV should be around $110000 to $120000 after a $25000 rehab. 

Being pursued by something you have no way to battle is no joke.

Depending on the amount of money involved, it may be a small claims court matter or you may want to hire an attorney to represent you to pursue the matter.5.

I had previously been exposed to the profitability by renovating homes in Greece.

If I had a comfortable enough profit margin.3. 

What I mean by leveraging the capital gain tax is if I set up an LLC and have my properties under the LLC, would I be able to save some tax while it’d be a business profit gain?

Now, I grant that this place will profit over time because it is appreciating nevertheless, and they have a great rental market (most the units are rented and it is a very quiet and secure community).

Now go discount your note for cash to buy house and make profit.

That will take many years and many more before you start seeing any kind of actual profit.