In the State of Texas, a Land Trust is used by investors mainly to effectively mask the identity of the owner.The common reason for needing to mask the owners identity is when someone takes over the mortgage but the mortgage stays in the name of the seller.

Whats up green, Just wanted to give you the welcome wagon effect, if you don't know what i am talking about you will soon enough!

If you are interested primarily in using it to record information, then there are many software tools that basically function like an accounting package.

It has motivated and helped me realize that I have had the knowledge and tools to some extent all this time but was more focused on just being a good employee, finding a husband, getting married, buying a house and having a baby.

Then you submit your offer to the bank with an addendum that says something to the effect of "upon approval of inspection of addition by licensed contractor, or county authority".

SIOR is the most exclusive designation (it's invitation only and heavily performance and experience qualified, whereas CCIM is effectively entirely education based).

Negotiating skills are something we all possess, but the onus is on negotiating effectively so that neither you nor your buyer looses.

New brick paver terracePergolaNew tool/garden shedRemoved old landscaping and added all new bushes/plantsRefaced front and back entrance steps with slate tilesObviously, I left the electrical upgrade and heavy plumbing to the pros, but I did as much of the rest as I could myself (all the demo, I learned how to install toilets and sinks!

Normally you have to provide all the furniture and other living items (towels, dishware, tools for the grill, etc).

Not sure how constitutional it would be to outlaw two perfectly legal business contracts, a lease and an option, just because both were between the same parties.But remember this is the same legislature who tried to put through the "dirty cheerleading" bill and did pass the legislation to put in effect the largest steroid testing operation in the world!