Wi fi is getting to be cheaper and cheaper (if you can do it yourself the right way you won't have any issues) and IMHO an amenity you can use to keep raising rents steadily with hardly any complaints from tenants.

Since I was in Texas and planned on staying there I found out that I was qualified to take the real estate broker license test and I got a license.  

Since I was in Texas and planned on staying there I found out that l qualified to take a real estate broker test so I took it and got a license.  

We are looking for a great place where we can raise our daughter and have better quality of life -  my wife's requests :) . 

You need to know your business inside and out for 2 reasons.First, you want to talk a lot with these experts you’re going to hire in the other markets so you can test their skills and get comfortable that their expertise is at your level or higher.

Everybody in trying to make a profit but if there is anything driving the decision (e.g. need to raise funds for another opportunity or need to deploy funds from a sale) it might create the opportunity for creative financing in some fashion.Know the neighborhoods - As you can see from reading on BP, in many cities, things can change dramatically literately block-by-block.

Typically when one states "you want to have someone invest in your company", you generally come under securities laws and any good self directed IRA custodian who are worth their salt, would ask for information that complies with securities regulations for raising of capital, whether is exempt securities or otherwise.If your intention is to borrow monies, and provide a mortgage (and most specifically provide a mortgage), there is a huge exemption for that.This does not matter whether is comes from a self directed IRA or 401K or otherwise.

My goal is one year of upgrading to bring the value of the property up, moving and raise the rent to $1750-1800 for both units (My realtor suggested those number because of the area and comps)I qualified by myself for the loan so that it enables my wife to seek a loan for the next rental property.

I'm a born and raised Pittsburgh resident, hoping to provide affordable housing throughout the city. 

Karen, I would bet that the capital improvements are going to raise the fair market value of the property by as much as, and probably more than, they are going to increase the basis.