Other than the financial aspects discussed, look at the construction differences between duplexes and quads.

Many won't care about the law and will volunteer to help you for a fee. 2) Hire a real estate agent.But then who will handle the application process and screening?

What fees are you taking?

These sydicators don't care about you, they just want to make their fees and go. 

Also, full disclosure - I have utilized creative financing & transaction structures (installment sale transactions, had the seller take back 2nd position notes, baked brokerage fees into the agrement of sale  in off market transactions to name a few), so I am not opposed to it, but they were utilized in very unique and circumstantial land entitlement transactions. 

Reach out if you'd like to discuss more about my neck of the woods! 

Several factors can increase or decrease the adjusted basis, says McGuff.Increases in adjusted basis can result from:The cost of additions and improvements to the houseMoney spent to restore the property after damages or lossLegal fees incurred in relation to the propertyDecreases in adjusted basis can result from:Receipt of insurance payments due to a casualty loss or theftTax credits for home energy improvementsIf you sold your primary home last year, there’s little you can do to avoid capital gains tax liability when you file taxes this April, Liddiard says.

Hi everyone,There are couple of ways to value the price of land in depreciation, such as the 80/20 (20% to land) and Using Property Tax assessor's values, or getting an assessment of recently sold lots in the area.I was discussing this with one of the CPAs, and he shared that if the cost of building the house is more than the purchase price, then the land is essentially of no value. 

Once they sold enough units and got under 20% rentals, banks started lending and property values jumped.HOA fees always go up and you may have special assessments hitting you out of the blue, particularly in an HOA that's been mismanaged.HOAs have retired people with nothing better to do than spy on neighbors and report them.

Monday morning we were discussing another round of layoffs at the factory.