Looking forward to growing and prospering with you all.

There are many people who instead of investing in Real Estate will invest in Small Businesses in their local community and actively participate in growing that business part time like many of us do with Real Estate.

I'm not sure if this is my niche or not quite yet, but I certainly have an interest in it and will continue to grow my investments where there is opportunity.

Bill GulleyThanks Bill :) I wished I would have done this sooner but the beauty part of life is growing.

First you need some basic business consultation and you can get free advice from SCORE, google that and follow from there, probably have advisors near you.An LLC is sufficient to do anything any RE, the type of business structure has very little to do with the nature of business conducted, as a small business your considerations should be based on tax matters, ease of adminitration, flexibility to conduct business, ability to obtain financing and insurance and lastly liability matters.

This, and ACRE are great places to learn and grow.

You probably already know that Midtown is a growing area in the city.

That's the nature of short sales they take anywhere from 4-8 months usually.

A great book on how and why to use corporations is INC AND GROW RICH by Cheri S.

However, the 1,500 SQ FT home will naturally use the furnace less aggressively as there is less to heat.