Longevity of the Scheme: According to Marco Santarelli, the Founder and CEO of both Norada Capital Management and Norada Real Estate Investment, the company began raising investor funds through promissory notes as early as 2012.2.

@Nick RutkowskiA subsidiary of Overstock.com, Medici Ventures, running bockchain test pilots in Africa.

My smart friends seem to think that basement dwellings being tested for radon is next on the horizon.

Document the time you spent on the property compared to others, especially if you’re trying to qualify under the “100 hours and more than anyone else” test.

Quote from @Kevin Akers: If you have everything else in place (financing, permits, etc) and have underwritten the deal where the numbers make sense you can work on raising the 50K from private investors. 

Prices steadily raising, but rents have been slightly slower to follow.

This does not pass the sniff test for me.

We always send a contractor through to test everything and if broken, give estimates to repair and we can determine then if it is tenant damage and what charges to the security deposit should be.

Quote from @Raymond Whitley: Not sure if Goosehead is in your area, but a broker like someone at this company can really help you in challenge times for insurance like this current market with so many carriers dropping out completely or raising rates on everyone. 

However, I could very well be 2 years waiting to invest locally as I wait to snag the right deal or raise more capital to give me more options.