In CO they seem to reflect at least a little bit of reality as the sales price from the HUD-1 is recorded at the county office.An "indpendent appraisal" is conducted by a (generally state) licensed individual as is relied upon by buyers (sometimes) and lenders for determining their level of risk.

No matter how old the corp they will need to peak at your personal credit and you will need guarantor unless the corp generates $1 million or more/year.

It seems like you're saying I should simultaneously be marketing to distress sellers ("I Buy Houses - Call Me") and investors ("I Have a Property To Sell - Call Me") rather than seeking out individual sellers, working with them, and then finding an appropriate buyer to assume the deal - even going into my first deal.

Any vacancies generate a discount from the full price.

I have been given the opportunity to run with the RE/MAX Racers For life, individuals from my office that have been directly affected and I am looking forward to the challenge.

Do I even need to go into what happens the vast majority of times when the 2nd and 3rd generation receive money earned by the 1st generation?

Do you approach a deal with a bank any differently than you do with an individual seller?

My family has been in real estate for the past 3 generations and I found no way to escape when I got out of the service.

Your RE business generates more income than any other income source.As opposed to depreciation which spreads deductions over 27.5 years (residential only), you could do a cost segragation analysis on your property (cost is between 2k-3k) which always produces larger tax deduction benefits and partially avoids the depreciation recapture when you sell.

I plan to offer varying fee packages to the salespersons allowing each individual to pick the one that best matches their expected activity level.