I have written permission from an owner to go into their house to see it before making an offer as a short sale. However, the house is boarded up and the owner now lives across the country.  Any thoughts on how I coul...

There are so many vacant and dilapidated properties in this area, there is a school of thought that is gaining traction to turn much of  the area over for open spaces, such as, parks, side yards, and farming.  

You can use a custodial account or if you wish to have more control special purpose LLC can be utilized to gain checkbook control and minimize custodian fees and eliminate their involvement in the investment. 

I would not confuse future performance so much with tax deferred proceeds based on a sale at a point in time, other than to look at the MIRR, present value of the tax advantage.If the market in JAX is a buyer's market, I'm not selling at a premium potential, I'd have less gains to defer. 

I think loud back splashes will be the same way.I think "fake" materials will gain in popularity if anything. 

1031 exchange (No Tax on Capital gains) and buy right this time.

It is always wise to preserve one's equity gains.  

The ones who do call will just want to waste your time taking you to eat some crappy lunch and barrage you with 100 absurd questions for their own gain. 

A seller can also benefit by receiving interest payments above and beyond what you would get from a sales price, in addition to deferring capital gains in some instances.As a buyer of real estate, terms and price are the crux of the deal and need to be considered equally.  

Gives you good discipline and a work ethic also.and you might not have the 10 pounds, most Office in the Home people, seem to gain.