Is it the same way in Jacksonville?

If you google the company and do not see any reviews that usually is not the best sign.

The owner has a mortgage on it that is not assumable.Is there a way to purchase the LLC that holds the building/mortgage or will that still trigger a due on sale clause?

@Taylor Witt @Roger Sandmann From my experience Menards and Floor and Decor tends to have the best retail prices for flooring.

After swallowing some lumps thanks to one thread I posted back in April, I should (crossed fingers, no blown furnaces or sheard off roofs) be in a good position next year to reinvest.This is hopefully not a beat the dead horse, "where is the best cash flow in X" post, more of a strategy question for anyone who knows the market in CT.Here is what my limited knowledge/intuition tells me: Waterbury, Bridgeport, parts of Hartford cash flow best because of the inherent risk, lower fairfield county cash flows worst (today) because of NYC effect on price/rent, and there is an in-between SOMEWHERE.I think that somewhere is in the central part of the state between route 8 and 91 north of new haven, east of waterbury.

@Reitta Seidel I would submit that it's always a good time to invest, you just have to figure out what the best options are in the given market.We focus on first time home buyers who are less rate sensitive and are more likely to buy in all markets. 

Yes he has to buy the spouse out, either through sell, HELOC, or refinance and then the question being with the equity how would you best utilize that for starting into real estate investing? 

@Hayden ThomasAs mentioned there are a lot of factors that come into play in this which will not be able to be answered on BiggerPockets - best to get your attorney to review and advise

You can use an entity creation platform like Zenbusiness or Legalzoom to incorporate but you'll want to make sure you understand best tax / legal structure before you use one of these platforms to create an entity.

The image attached is an example calculation I did and I had to push the appreciation to 25% to be able to pull a good amount for the next down payment.With these calculations, it made me realize that I might have to find alternative ways to go from house hack one to house hack two.