But nail guns, air compressor--buy every time.Pro tip: check out the pawn shops, great way to find tools at a great price.

Is the County Clerk office really one-stop-shop for all kinds of all possible liens and encumberances?

I'm currently a night shift foreman at a machine shop and absolutely hate my job!

Also, a broker will shop your loan for the best possible rate, different lenders price differently from day to day.

I am a buy and hold investor with 4 properties.My property purchases are either 25% down remainder with residential mortgage or cash buy + rehab, then refinance with 25% down and residential mortgage.  

However, what a lot of banks won't tell you is that they have a 30 - 40% rule, where they will deduct that percentage from your gross rents, then they will use the remainder to calculate your debt service ratio.  

If I owned a park nearby with vacant lots, I'd be shopping in this park every month.There are so many red flags on this park that I wouldn't even consider it.

Multi-Tenant retail is one of the few remaining property types, where you can still find a higher yield.I am in CT and our firm just closed on a 4 tenant retail strip center 100% occupied with all National Tenants shadow anchored to THE major shopping area in a suburb of Chicago, at a 9.25% Cap Rate, resulting in a 10+% cash-on-cash return, to our investors.

When shopping for their next rental both I and the inlaws came along in order to provide an extra pair of eyes to spot any potential problems.

I live in LA too and had shopped through foreclosures in the OC and couldn't for the life of me figure out where there were profits to be had.