There are additional conditions around OZ's but the one stand out thing from 1031's is if you keep the investment in OZ's for the full ten years, you pay zero capital gains when you sell, period.

I have a home in Detroit, looking for some cost effective ideas on making the front of the house stand out.

If you can stand the tenant being rude and they pay on time and keep the unit up and it’s not too much of a hassle, I would say keep them and opt to formally communicate with them.

It means they stand behind their product. 

If so, where do you stand on the current state of that market? 

We only started our education on REI at the beginning of the year.Now, I'm a man of action, not standing idly by wasting an opportunity.

((all of this is covered in various locations whether in multiple discussions on BP or online).You do realize that DTI stands for debt-to-income ratio, right? 

I continued to study the area and realized this town could stand on its own with or without the casino, so it solidified my decision.How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

There is always going to be something @Thomas O'Donnell, some fear of now vs later because for every player out on the field making the actions to score the TD's, there is 10,000 sitting in the stands watching yelling out what those players "should" be doing, and guess how many points they score from those seats.... 

The three main things that stand out to me is understanding your finances.