From what I understand, todays products provide a chemical bond so prep is limited to a thorough cleaning.

But YEs the 25k passive loss limitation is phased out completely @ 150k.NOt being able to deduct your personal Mortgage income against your income sounds questionable though, I don't know of any income limitation disallowing this?

.- There are possible exemptions with real estate licensing...I may be wrong, but this should be the site you can go to and find the exemptions/requirements for each state:http://mortgage.nationwidelicensingsystem.org/Pages/default.aspxIt's the NMLS site, National Mortgage Licensing System.And to answer your theory, unless you pass the title to the buyer and have an unsecured loan, it doesn't matter if it's 0% or 100% interest (to the Safe Act, Dodd Frank might limit interest rates, though it's tough to say that applies to personal property - I don't know).

You would need to come out of pocket for the excess, or else get the sellers to accept a lower value.Once you have a contract with an agreed upon amount for closing costs, it becomes the upper limit.

Pinellas County (Clearwater/St Pete) is one of the most densely populated counties in the country but it is a great place to live, there are some limitations on how much new construction there is over there.

You might define your strategy before you begin looking at REOs as options will be limited. )

Due to so many investor types and foreclosure specialists (IMO) approaching people in foreclosure and screwing them around, cheating them and messing things up, who can approach a party in foreclsoure is now limited by law.

I have a business besides investing in RE, so time is limited.

A “thin file” basically means someone has limited or brief credit history or not enough credit accounts to generate a credit score.

Will you limit your initial inventory, say to 3/2/2s or take any cute house?