The big saver on the our private financing is that it all has come through social networking and business relationships.

I have a seller that wants to sell me a house for $240k. He paid $90k. There is a $200k HELOC on it which they used to build their $600k house which is free and clear...technically. I am trying to convince them t...

I am aware the title is not being passed.I am using an attorney because I am not versed enough to do all this at my kitchen table and not worry about all the implications.

I just wanted to quickly run this by some of the more tax-adept members.

I am looking at investing in a property management partnership in Australia, while living in the US. What structure would be best to co...

If someone declares bankruptcy, there are a host of implications you could deal with.

If it gives them emotional support it would be easy to get a counselor or social worker to say they need the animal to feel secure.

people laugh and catch up with old friends they havent seen in a while and tell stories and talk....if a grandmother passes away and she was 95 the event is more social.

There were 14 parties implicated.

I think the normal 10% vacancy is high, so I don't think I would given them much of a discount, but even if the vacancy rate is 5% per year, That is $900 twice that I would save by having the longer lease.Another idea I had was to base the annual increase off of the Social Security COLA, which has the risk of being politically manipulated in either direction.Am I better to just avoid the three year lease entirely, or keep the rent the same over the three year term, based on the savings from not having the vacancy?

You can try for a bank levy but if the funds are protected like social security etc. then you will not succeed with a levy.