Richplan,That's true that a lof of money can be made in real estate...but it's not as easy as it sounds.

I always ask myself this question...if it's really that easy to make that much money (by doing relatively nothing), then why would they share the secret and not just spend hours every day at home doing it and making even more money for themselves??

Internet faxing is so easy and very convenient, you don't need to have a fax machine anymore to send or receive fax documents.

Alternatively, you could search for domains that would be easy for people to remember but domains that relate to your type of business.

I don't want to criticize anyone's hometown but your best option may be to get out of Williamsport. 30% ownership rate sounds like it may be 1/2 the national average, which implies (at least to me) that the economic conditions may not be great there.My best bet is to accumulate some cash, even if you get the ppty with little or no out of pocket (which is not as likely or easy in real life as shown on late nite informercials), it still takes cash to repair and operate ppty.Good luckall cash

since you're estimating costs, ball park numbers are usually fine and this is what i would suggest doing to estimate repairs.if you're trying to do a detailed project analysis, you'll probably want the contractors to come see the property but you probably won't make any friends if you don't infact own the property yet because theres a good chance you are wasting their time considering how easy it is to lose a property to someone else before its in contract.

Can you make good enough money on cash flow to justify the deal or is this something you can justify little or no cash flow on because it has such great appreciation and you can move it quickly in another year or two for some easy money?

As for using a corporation to buy/own real estate, they are easy to set up and can certainly be used to buy property.

It was also an easy read.

Not as easy...people are keeping $$$ close to the vest.