Prior to joining BP I was learning and reading on my own when I stumbled across the site and found all of the information to be incredibly useful.

You can also substitute calcium or magnesium chloride for the salt and it works incredibly well, but that gets expensive.

Originally posted by @Jeff Wallace:Well, I did have an endgame number - but after traveling for the majority of last summer, I realized that I couldn’t wait to get back into “the game” - travel and recreation left me somewhat personally unsatisfied - so, I guess to a small degree I will always be looking for the next “deal”I hear you, traveling is incredible in small doses.  

Thank you, everyone, for your incredibly useful and informative input.

Large and national may give you scale of price but be harder to talk strategically with. and you may find that your experience is still determined by the quality and experience of sales person you are assigned to.There's a lot of moving parts but as you can imagine, if the IRS is going to give you an incredible gift like the 1031 to leverage your portfolio it's going to come with some hoops and strings :)

See the bottom of this article.The incredibly high housing prices drive people further and further out.

*grins  Just be aware that could possibly affect your resale value down the road.From what I have seen (I toured a modular home plant near Elkhart, IN) and read in various trade magazines, modular homes are very well built, surpassing stick built homes in many cases due to a controlled climate and environment during manufacturing. 

Then, tell them you singled theirs out because it looks like a dump without saying that and ask if they'd be interested in possibly selling.I'll say this: if you're asking whether or not you should contact the owner and ask why they're selling, then you're most likely going after the wrong property since wholesaling off of the MLS is INCREDIBLY difficult in some markets and the Agents will likely sniff you out and shut you down.

Finding an investor-friendly agent through BiggerPockets will be an incredible help as you start your journey!

As an investor I believe it provides an incredible opportunity for those smart enough to know how to best leverage the new rules.As a home owner, I believe a community should be able to choose the density of their community.