It's a great city for Investors as typically the buy-in is more conducive than other cities.

That 1% is typically for one side of the transaction while there is still a 3% commission you have to pay the other side.

@Rick MartinezYou are required to have 2 egresses from the bedroom typically. 

Typically wholesalers will ask realtors to add their commission on top of the asking price.

Most of those types Pension Funds, Insurance Companies are investing with REIT's.The institutional money typically only invest with the whales for what they tend to perceive as ultimate security and low risk.I talk to REIT's all the time looking for off market properties for my clients.

You can invest it in real estate, stocks etc. my cup of tea is investing in mortgage notes where I know a lot of passive investors use their IRA to invest because it is mailbox money when your buying performing notes and typically they have plenty of equity and provide double digit returns

Working for a developer and having done many deals where we operate and manage and have investors the deal is typically a water fall where.

I wanted to know what the cost is associated with changing the zoning of the property and how long does it typically take?

It may turn out that that it is a typical bill ($80/side).

Once I started taking on rehabs everything changed.My bread and butter was typically buying homes around $100-110k, putting in around $20k +/- on the rehab and driving ARV to around $150-170k.