Therefore if you purchase in say September, your current years tax bill will be based on the current years value which may be even lower than what you can achieve with the exemption and on investments the value will be updated according to your ATI and will not be reassessed by the county for five years as well as once it is, the increase is capped to a 15% increase in value which is not common and can be appealed which is less often than many other states.Yes, the effective tax rate comes out to a difference of say 0.5% on personal residence to 3.0% on investments, but I would say handling it the right way up front and budgeting for it in your analysis is better than risking it another way.

Unfortunately, this relationship did not turn out the way we had hoped, and after falling short of their budgets and projections, we terminated them and proceeded to build out our own property management company to manage the facilities in the fund.

We learned about construction budgets & draws, hard money loans, and how to choose upcoming neighborhoods.

Money is getting tight and tenants are looking for what fits their budget, not the amenities they can afford. 

This would include money normally budgeted for a traditional loan payment + money simply not needed (positive cash-flow).  

A good deal will always be a good deal so it shouldn't stop you from taking advantage of an opportunity but depending on what you're looking to do and where the properties are you may want to budget for an extra month or so when selling on the back end.

Do a search to find out all of the reasons.Basically, in order to run a project on time and on budget, and to give you a quality finished product, a General Contractor needs to have full control over every aspect of the project. 

This home had a HUGE delay that cost us thousands of dollars.The group that put in the underground plumbing dug the plumbing too low, and by the time we caught the mistake, the slab had already been poured and the septic tanks installed.We had to dig up the septic tanks, install a lift station, and reinstall the septic tanks.This all happened during 2 hurricanes, which caused even more delays.Time kills deals.This is why you need to 1) be conservative with your timelines and costs, 2) add contingencies to your budgets, and 3) have a healthy profit margin.

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

And to be clear, the rehab budget was $100,000.