When presenting the analysis to someone not aware of tax benefits, that would seem to be a major omission.

If the market does plung into recession, I’m confident that the properties I own in the markets I do will perform better than most and therefore I’ll have staying power.All loans involve risk, so I select debt products and terms that I feel minimize my risk and are commensurate with the return i think I’ll be able to generate.  

So here are the numbers:Purchase: $65,000Rehab: $48,000Holding, closing costs & misc: $19,000Sale: $172,000Net Profit: $40,000ROI: 35%Some pictures of the finished product:

She's not your investor partner, she's a realtor, and it sounds like she usually sells primary homes (like the vast majority do). 

If I discovered anything major during due diligence, I could always adjust, but the owner still didn't bite.

I have seen recommendations on BP for REIGuard, which looks to be a product offered by NREIG. 

BP,Looking to replace the majority of my duplexes windows sometime in the future. 

@Ray Realdine when I did affordable housing, a majority of my tenants were computer illiterate or didn't have access to a computer/internet.

I did the deal more to secure the land which is literally across the street from a major OC university. 

My personal example is this: ( a few years ago, we were financing a wonderful commercial property, deal fell through because an out of state bank representative guided us to apply for the wrong financing product that wasn't available in our state.