Power of cash is certainty and speed.

It took 3 weeks for them to complete an estimation report and that was only after I begged Shawn to speed things up.

A little advice Needed in speeding up the process of the houses .

On top of all this, my wife got her real estate license in September (to help with costs, speed, etc) and has helped 13 families and counting purchase their dream homes…many who see properties with changes they want to make, she now has the knowledge to give design ideas & approximate costs and her clients LOVE that!

The lending is not nearly as "creative" as it was 10 years ago but the buying frenzy is picking up speed. 

There are additional rules for holding it less than 5 years (100% deferred gain recognition), 5-7 years (90% deferred gain recognition), and > 7 years (85% deferred gain recognition).- Any depreciation taken on the investment in the OZ is permanently saved and NOT recaptured if held for 10+ years.

The GC was working at a okay speed up to about 50% job done.

., to an owner-occupant) or doesn't want to (for reasons of speed, convenience, etc.).Here's my simple test: If the seller would be best served by selling the house retail through an agent, then that's what they probably should do, and there's no good reason for you to get in the way of that.

Properties that are decent rehab deals will sell in a matter of days and sometimes the same day they get listed, so speed is essential.

This property caught my eye for several reasonsmostly because I drive by it frequentlyit offers a commercial space, apartments, and mobile home lotsit's close to my other investments and where I liveI feel like this is an area ready to grow (it's the non-interstate link from big town to small town)it's not so expensive I can't find a way to do the dealI've been investigating mobile home investing lately, and this is one way to learn thatI don't have a physical office space for my business, and this would lend credibility to my business (and allow me to have high-speed internet, which I can't get currently)I can use an apartment and rent my SFR for morethe mixed use feels like diversificationI wouldn't be surprised to see an investor try to buy this and several other spaces up for a large developmentI see potential in possibly converting the mobiles to tiny houses and increase rents accordinglyI'm not in love with the deal, but a couple of those reasons would sway me to consider a less-than-great deal, for non-financial reasons.The numbers really look not very good, and it looks like a bad deal as it sits, considering I'm adding 1000 in rent increase and no rehab in this scenario.