I avoid all of the hard money loan costs, and all closing costs (i think).

Anyway my lil problem here is that most of those properties are about an hour drive in any direction from where i live (i have this duplex in a very central location that i live in and rent the upstairs, not anywhere near beeing cash flow positive if i didnt have as much equity in it).

Once you hit that you go commercial and face all the extra costs and higher interest rate that you are now trying to avoid.

I am located in Central, NJ.I have one experience in flipping and all worked out well.

I avoid using hard money this way.

I am trying to avoid the long drawn out hassel and expense of running this through a title company.

You then tell them that you will turn the file over to your 'partner' who will follow up and work on a short sale.I and a few other investors I know avoid short sales as they can be a large drain on one's time.

The message is the prospect should avoid the vendor.John Corey

Should we just show the forged signatures to the broker and tell him that we can sue him and put him in jail to avoid the lawsuits?

If I lease option it and live in it two years and sell can I avoid the whole capital gains amount?