Hi everyone,
I'm Jim, currently living in Juneau, AK.
I have had a few small rental properties in Alaska and can do simple repairs and painting. I'm thinking of buying long term apartment buildings to set myself up w...

Being a professional ball player one can only assume you have a good (higher than average) amount of money to push into real estate.. sometimes that can be a bad thing for a lot of people I think it would be best to find someone you trust currently investing in real estate and partnering up on a few deals Nevertheless, good luck and welcome to BiggerPockets

My first issue with this was, he is not a motivated seller, he is a retired investor who just want to sell all of his properties.

LLC + good insurance + being a good(good does not mean be a push over but take care of you property and be responsive to tenants) landlord = limited issues

Complicated in the sense of; 1) locating sellers willing to "subject to" and 2) the safeguards of the loan being "called due" from the lender and any other hazards there may be...I guess it depends on the seller being a "candidate" for such an arrangement, if I were selling I would want my hands washed of the property.

You want the built in reduction so there is no more push back later on.Many expired's are not motivated but their motivation changes over time due to life circumstances.

if another big tax reform actually did come out of Congress, there would be a push to simplify the code, eliminate deductions, and reduce rates similar to the 86 reform.  

I currently pay extra for inspect and cloud, and as soon as appfolio has pushed out the update where I can now download the inspection in a PDF format, I will cancel the inspect and cloud service.  

(My husband pushing faster than I want to go) I've joined one of my local REIAs and attended a three day training put on by the Rich Dad Poor Dad organization.

You reset it by pushing a red button on the bottom of the unit under the sink.