Lamar Cannon, you will more gains in your land's value/better growth in rents in you are in the expansion cross hairs as opposed to in it now.

Hey Guys,A smart investor would not attempt to calculate profit on a property based on appreciation, but taking that into account, broadly speaking, would it be a better move to invest in a market which has seen a large drop in prices such as florida/california, would a more linear real estate sale history of some of the more northern states in the US which have only seen small gain/losses be better?

I do like the idea, i am just not familiar with it.Travis Sperr I am not well versed on 1031 exchanges, however unless I misunderstood an article on 1031 exchanges cant I sell a property and have a separate company do the transaction and hold the profits in escrow and find a new property within 45 days and have it purchased within 180 days, by following the rules of the 1031 would I recapture the depreciation or does that get passed down the line along with capital gains?

Realizing that I'm throwing away valuable leads that I've done the work to obtain, I would like to work with a strong listing agent and obtain the referral commission which I understand is usually 20-30% of the selling agents gross commission.

Thanks for the valuable contribution you provide from your experience.

For me the choice of getting an LLC was for 2 reasons...1) you do not have to fill out a Form 593-E, Real Estate Withholding – Computation of Estimated Gain or Lossat closing time.

In my short time on here I have read some very valuable information.

Educating a borrower may have little financial reward initially, but it can be rewarding in public perception which by the way can be very valuable.

That seems valuable to me since she expressed regret for selling her property and what stuck out to me was she "needed" to buy her old property.

If you live in the home 2 out of the last 5 years you escape capital gains tax;) 40k tax free?