A number of the online banks are offering interest at around 1.65% to 1.7% which is pretty good, and federally insured.If you are willing to hold onto something for a few years, I would consider Treasury bonds. 

The idea of “shady paperwork” is usually just a delusion promoted by some.Someone with legal control over the property /estate needs to reach out to the bank if you want to explore the possibility of a discounted pay off.

I feel pretty confident doing an analysis of the duplex and project expenses, which cash flows nicely at $535 a month and a cap rate of 6.3% in year 1, assuming steep cost estimates and market rents.

@Tevin Russell I'm in Canada so the DNC legislation is probably worded differently for you, although from everything I've heard they seem to be pretty much identical as far as intent.

I also felt like your CapEx reserves were pretty aggressive.

I am pretty much 100% green in real estate investing but I decided it’s time to get a jump on it.

Yesterday on fathers day one of them wished me a happy fathers day was pretty thoughtful made my day!

For ex in the early part of my research I completely avoided a zipcode , with her inputs , I was able to understand that there are couple of pretty good blocks . 

Im pretty skeptical when someone says they do enough transactions or volume to qualify and are not on the list.

These days, CPAs don't need to be local, as pretty much everything can be done over the internet.