The mortgage was about what we would have paid for a regular house and we rented out the other side.  

I regularly install egress windows for about $1000 in materials, I could probably find less expensive materials...

Having owned and operated a small business, I found that setting long term goals, action plans to get there, and re-assessing those goals and plans on a regular basis helped me tremendously. 

I was thinking along the lines of you being an investor on your own, but it seems like you're buying properties on a regular basis.I'm sure you know the best incentive for the listing agent is making more commission.  

My business is real estate, but on the securities side.My feedback to you is there are what feels like a million realtors in Bend already, the market swings high and low regularly so there are really big highs and really low lows......coming to Bend to start a secondary RE practice might be really difficult.

When an IRA engages in a trade or a business on a regular basis, such as flipping houses, a tax known as UBIT applies.So, a leveraged flip is pretty tax intensive under an IRA.Note that passive earnings such as interest or rent from real property do not have these tax implications.

Im not sure about other mortgage servicers however, most that I've read on their guidelines to remove PMI including from the mortgage company I work at currently are below (Fannie & Freddie conventional):- when you reach 80% of the ORIGINAL purchase value you can request to remove PMI however a  BPO (brokers price opinion aka cheap & dirty version of a regular appraisal)  will be needed to verify the property did not decrease in value- If you've done improvements (sounds like your story) you can request a BPO to verify your loan is at 80% of current market value (ARV) which can go from regular BPO price of 150-175 dollars up to regular appraisal if interiors need inspection as well (interior & exteriors = regular appraisal 450-550).- if the loan is atleast 2 years old (paid on time of course) and not more than 5 years old the borrower can request a BPO if the borrower believes the value has increased enough based on market value alone to remove MI but the requirement for this market value only increase is 75% LTV or lower based on the current BPO (so in essence you need 25% equity on current FMV - fair market value).- for the above 3 scenarios payments must be current with no 30 day lates in the past 12 months or 60 day lates in the past 24 months (on the current mortgage or "other," credit too)What is interesting is the above only applies to 1 unit properties because 2-4 unit properties its the same as the above except the requirement is 35% equity or 65% LTV (same).

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To the extent that you wish to trust the demographic data entered by the loan originator, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data is publicly available so social justice groups can sue lenders for unlawful discrimination if the data indicates that is warranted (Wells Fargo etc).CFPB has an interactive website that lets you play with the data.If there is something unique about properties in the area you want to buy in that you want to get in front of, nothing will beat picking up the phone and calling agents in the area.

No attorney is going to do that and I'm not positive, but I was under the impression a regular person can't collect the same amount of damages in Indiana.