But I have been investing in tax liens starting in 1988 and pretty heavily for the past 5 years.Maybe I'm interpreting what you wrote incorrectly, but did they try to tell you that vacant unimproved lots are more likely to redeem - or did they say SFR are more likely to redeem?

I listed some of these in the past.If the contract has 50 years remaining on the lease for example but 15 years firm and the rest are options the buyer will heavily discount the option periods.They were offering at the highest 25 cents on the total dollar of the total contract value including the options.

Hey guys, although I currently live in NW Indiana, I'm from Chicago and invest heavily in Chicago, so I would be interested in meeting up with the group to start talking real estate.

The sooner you can ditch PMI the sooner this becomes a nice cashflow property and you don't have to count as heavily on appreciation.I'd shoot for finding a way to finish that 5th unit in ~2 years or so, and at that point you can stop owner-occupying and be collecting rent on not only your unit, but also the 5th.

If that's not heavily used in your area you should reach out to your prospective tenant base and ask them how they're searching for apartments.

Louis over the next 5 years with the talks of a tech boom, so my company is looking heavily all over from Kirkwood to Chesterfield and everywhere in between.

it just takes one new member with an agenda.Exactly- not completely against it, but always weighs heavily w/ so much not in your control

The good part about corporate returns is that the principal portion of your loan payment if you have a principal and interest type loan is not factored into the income numbers in most cases so the income we use for qualifying purposes looks like gross income - interest (not the principal portion) = higher number than if the principal portion was also included.In essence when a property is in a corporation the underwriter will rely more heavily on the income statement instead of the cash flow statement.When a property is held in a partnership or your own name the key is here is that we focus more on the cash flow statement which factors in the principal payment as well and makes your income numbers for qualification purposes look lower.

In addition to being new to RE, I live and work in Asia so I will have to rely heavily on a property manager.

Assuming I enter this market, I would be happy to offer some initial services heavily discounted to assist in my learning process.