I own and manage a rental unit in the duplex that I also reside in, and have always been very careful in screening my potential tenants.

The mortgage broker was horrified because he didn't care (as many don't these days) -- he wanted his loan closed.

However, there are numerous facts and actions that can affect the outcome of this short-term tax deferral strategy, so the Investor should always have his technical advisors carefully evaluate the 1031 exchange agreements and specific fact pattern involved with any potentially failed 1031 exchange transaction to determine when the Investor had the right to obtain access to or receive the benefits from the 1031 exchange funds in order to determine whether the capital gain income tax liabilities can be deferred into the following income tax reporting year.

From rehabs, rentals, owner carries, lease options, wholesaling, subject to's, contract for deeds, apartments, commercial, and developing.Your market, your capital, your credit, and your motivation dictate what the best options are.If you are wanting to get involved in a market where houses average $500K then $100K needs to be carefully allocated in a rental or rehab situation even on a single family home.

The solution: Seller-financing closes the deal Seller-carryback financing has continued to be used for all types of real estate, including mobile homes on lots or land; small or large apartment buildings, office buildings, commercial, industrial, motels, warehouse properties; special purpose properties such as theaters, hospitals, senior care facilities; and raw land, farms, or ranches.

Anybody care to share with me what their experience has been with deficiency bids?

I meant to post this from my biggerpockets pro account, I guess I need to be more careful...oops.

I'm expecting to see property values increase over the next few years.I haven't been watching that carefully but I think they have already come up some with more growth very possible.

I will take care of everything and normally all they have to do is show up to close.

I don't care for Zillow.com either.