I'm excited to be a part of this community.I'm originally from the San Francisco Bay Area but decided to start fresh on the other side of the world. 

It puts it into perspective (especially if you do your net hourly wage).

Flower beds maintianed, freshly painted houses and other signs that some folks actually take pride in where they live.

From my perspective, it seems like our sellers are in no big hurry to foreclose.

In a very simple and reductive sense, stocks are a quantified analysis of the perspective people collectively have of the health of the economy (and individual companies).

Thanks so much for your feedback Christine, this puts it into a good perspective and as the fire has died down and we've communicated with some neighbors it seems likely that the ones who will not rebuild are most likely ones who are not insured properly. 

If you are intent on keeping the property, you may potentially do best (from a tax perspective) for the property to pass to the three daughters after Mom's death, when the three daughters will receive a stepped-up tax basis and may be able to sell the property with minimal taxes. 

So im pressed for time and i only have 30, 35 days to find analyze inspect appraise and close on a Multi family i need a Pro's Advice i also need alot of different perspectives on were to look and how to go about it what strategy and process do you use ?

From a wealth generation perspective the duplex has been great, but it's preventing us from buying a new home for ourselves.I can't be the first person to have run into this problem.

Updating entire house, fresh paint, flooring, adding half bath, finishing basement.