Since all money in the father's name needed to be accounted for, we had the mortgage assigned to the father's estate prior to the paying off the mortgage (actually happened at the closing table).  

Generally it is not calculated using a depreciation table but rather based on the cost to replace divided by the life expectancy of the item.

It's in Lake Forest, at the Round Table Pizza.

The water table is high in this community, so we had to install a new drain tile for proper drainage, which was the main expense that we hadn’t originally anticipated.

In general should get 3 options for offers, and any property you visit should get three offers and you should expect them to accept one of them (even though most will not accept your offers, and if they do, you are leaving way too much money on the table)

Here in the real world where I live agents and brokers alike will pass deals under the table to the guy who is paying them a bonus and that's a fact.

The question you should ask them before proceeding, is: Are their pages created with frames or tables?

It will likely bring more deals to the table.

I estimate I can live in the basement and rent out the top portion (2-3 bedroom) for $1,300 so I'll have to cover $2,345 myself.Looking at the amortization table, I'm putting about $1,000 per month towards principal, averaged over the first 5 years.

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