Our kids are adults so several years ago we went as separate corp's & it has worked here in NY SO FAR with $6500 (individual) deductibles ...but (& without getting political) we have been advised by our carrier that the full force of ACA is yet to hit our respective plan(s).

You can put your license under a broker and become a member of MLS, enabling to see properties as soon as they hit the market.

Worst case, you let the property go back to the bank and your father (in Mexico) takes the hit, not you.

Many variables.Good for you if you got that, but it doesn't pass muster.My group bout 18 houses for a average of 90K each out of state that got hit hard.

Deferred maintenance, one-time hits like roof, heater, kitchen rehabs?

Ikea furniture is what I would call economically stylish - it looks ok and doesn't hit the pocketbook too hard but if I'm buying a trendy high end condo, I'm certainly looking for nicer furniture than I can get at Ikea.

Most good deals never even hit the market brokers, appraisers and agents grab them.

They just have to hit numbers.

Overall effect should be less comodity hitting the world market.

The basic troubleshooting of electrical saved me several service calls and I changed out exhaust fans myself after that.