. #1 - Go to Zillow and do a radius search from a "subject" house for .5 if urban and 1 mile if suburban. #2 - Go back only 6 to 12 months#3 - Year built#4 - Composite of exterior, exterior and interior condition#5 - Style - split level, ranch, colonial...#6 - Look for lot size, living area size (above basement) GLA or Gross Living Area (add basement separately) Below Grade living area. #7 - How many total ROOMS, beds, baths, fireplace, pool, extras, remodeled (year) view, condition etc#8 - Garage, on-street parking, off-streetLook for 3 comparable sold properties and 3 comparable active for sale properties. 

....I love to talk about Real estate but it’s not my friends’ favorite subject. 

You can get around this by either paying yourself a salary (if you are an S-Corp), which would count as an expense for the loan proceeds, or you can distribute to yourself future profits that your business receives in the normal course of business.

There is a book on the subject written by David Greene that you can get here on BP or on Amazon (probably cheaper).Unless there is another awesome market that you already know better than Atlanta, I would advise you to stay close to home.

I would expect buying the 4-Plex and selling four individual townhomes would yield a decent profit.I'm a noob to this subject, but it seems like a condo lawyer would be able to create an HOA. 

Continuing its rapid expansion in Austin, Amazon signed a lease for a new distribution center in Round RockAmazon has leased more than 441,00 square feet in Round Rock as a distribution center, according to a report from the Austin Business Journal.Amazon is reportedly taking the Transwestern Development Company's three-building Chisholm Trail Trade Center campus as a part of the deal.

Interesting market for sure, though the oil and gas industry is subject to substantial swings and isn't for everyone. 

I rather have multiple people submitting bids on my deal rather than one person (Which is Possible if CAP Rates are high in the subject market).

I know it’s subjective, but how risky is too risky with this?

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