Further to this, let’s say I only need to occupy the unit for X amount of months, do I need to go through the hassle of changing the address on all of my IDs etc?

It depends how fast you plan on scaling.

Could you explain a bit of some of the factors that would change this from a loss to the home run?

We asked some of our key speakers to give us some brief insight on what you can expect to discover at the conference in our Speaker Insight eBook, including:What have you changed about your property management best practices?"

What initial numbers would have to change for this to be a wow deal?

We were flipping 30-40 a year for the past 3 years in LA with about 5-10 in the SFV, but as we all know the market has changed since Q2.

Not the ideal way to do business with a private lender, but we had a blanket agreement in writing that he was lending us money at set rate period for the time we held the property.Some option for funding when buying at a foreclosure auction:1) Your own cash is fast.2) Set up a line of credit with a bank using other collateral, maybe you own a couple of rental houses with equity that you could use as collateral. 

It was acquired by CoStar last week, so I imagine that the interface and some features will be changing soon.By the way, if you are looking for accounting software, I recommend checking into Quickbooks Online.

Since we have  quiet a few attorneys on this thread,re due on sale clause , what  are the attorneys opinions re the change in the "due on sale " clause  based on the changes in fannie mae guidelines from Nov 2017, and proceeding with the samehttps://www.fanniemae.com/content/guide/svc110817....Section D1-4.1, Information Relating to Transfers of Ownership Applicable to All Mortgage LoansD1-4.1-01, Determining Whether a Transfer of Ownership Is Permitted (11/12/2014)[...]D1-4.1-02, Allowable Exemptions Due to the Type of TransferA transfer of the property [...] to [...] a limited liability company (LLC), provided that: the mortgage loan was purchased or scuritized by Fannie Mae on or after June 1, 2016, and the LLC is controlled by the original borrower or the original borrower owns a majority interest in the LLC, and if the transfer results in a permitted change of occupancy type to an investment property, such change does not violate the security instrument (for example, the 12 month occupancy requirement for a principal residence).ThanksP.S thanks to Chris Mason who posted this on this threadhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/49/topics/610...

The rate will be lower and the terms will never change.