Never purchase a property and expect any value that you have not personally reviewed, investigated and most likely, hired representation to evaluate.

I would invest more time upfront in analytics to evaluate deals however.

(Background: i am evaluating whether to keep as rental or sell as i will have to pay capital gains if i keep it after August - when my capital gains exclusion expires)Cash Flow = Income - ExpensesExpenses = Mortgage, Taxes, Insurance, Maintenance, Fees (e.g.

They want to see nothing has materially changed from property tax and other records when they evaluate a property.For commercial a separate phase one environmental and pcr (property condition report) is performed.

when & how will you evaluate if your choice is still meeting your needs...and how have your needs changed along the way?

You can set up workflows so that when an email comes in you can send an auto reply and it can store all your conversations, track the progress of the lead, issue reminders, etc.  

I am very excited to start making progress

That definitely helped my quick progress and retirement.Dan – I agree with everything you posted.

For reserve budgeting, you'll need to involve a well water operator to evaluate your system.  

I agree that you need a way to evaluate the criteria for you to make money.