@Dan StewartThe founder of Vanguard, John Bogle wrote a pretty good book called "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Gurantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns"

Whatever that number is, ask for it in the form of non-refundable additional earnest money on the property in return for extending the contract.

However, partnerships, S-corps, and C corps require an additional tax filing, plus there are wage considerations that go along with the S-corp and C-corp designation, all of which you might not feel is worth the effort of managing.My advice is to schedule time with a tax pro who (a) has expertise in business returns (not all of them do), and (b) does tax planning (not all of them do) and have them help you map out some scenarios to decide what structure will best fit your goals and strategy.

Yes, it is advisable to Make buyers go they a preapproval with a lender that You trust to do it right.....pull credit report, copies of bank statement, tax returns, payroll stubs, etc.

What would be most helpful for me would be to get into the numbers...and to hear what kind of returns (on equity...but maybe also ROA) would be considered 'decent', 'mediocre', or 'great' at this type of scale..

Sweden, Switzerland with negative interest rates, and all the financial insanity of the last 10 years would lead me to believe someone would buy as a negative return investment, for tax reasons.

That's an example but something in the middle ground that works for both of you.I'm a bit non-plussed with some of the large multi-family syndicators who like to talk about how they can force rents up for lower income people and in almost the same breath talk about how they help the same people with their charity...I think, like everything else there is a productive middle-ground where you can earn good returns and not force people into bad situations.

Hey Blake, not having a move in checklist in Washington means you will need to return the security deposit in full when they move out of the property regardless of the condition of the unit.

Will you not be returning after your PCS?

Return to Canada.4.