Needless to say the house of cards collapsed and not a single house was built.

I thoroughly appreciate the nuanced distinction between "investor friendly" agent vs. an "investment realtor".Thank you for taking the time to construct this material and to upload it into this discussion thread.If I may ask, how would the interview questions be modified if one is looking for an investment realtor to locate a property suitable for house hacking?

Times were good then and she built a business by meeting people, giving her card and growing her business organically.

Pay them over the phone with a credit card and give them the details for the notice on email.

HalloI am writing this post for a friend , who owns property in the US.He is a none resident , but his wife is a resident , holding a green card.He is thinking about transferring the property to his daughter , once she is 18, since he is not a citizen of the country.I believe if he is married to someone that has a green card , he will be considered a resident both?

When they go to buy a car, get a credit card, buy furniture whatever it is that they need credit for, thw interest rate will cost them dearly.With a  short sale, it's only a 2-year hit on their credit report and over 50% of the servicers never even report the short sale to the credit bureaus.

I paid BOTH with cash, rahter than credit card.

You should look at speaking with each tenant and seeing if they are interested and if they are that would help solve the negative cash flow issue by now having a chunk of the leasees downpayment to cover any payouts that you have.This is HUGE in todays market with so many people getting their credit dinged for FORECLOSURE of MEDICAL or late credit cards.

Here are pics of a house we did last year: http://www.123flip.com/house-pics/the-second-chance-house-staging-pics Here is the crappy storage shed we started with, and that my project manager and I argued about whether we should keep it or not: http://reistartup.com/wp-content/uploads/Second_Chance_House/Before/shed_thumb.JPG Ultimately we kept it, mostly because there was no garage or other storage space.

And after you negotiate your good discount -- pay for it with a cash-back credit card.