Unfortunately, it doesn't list the dates for those listings, so it's impossible to tell how stale they are.

If points are charged then they count toward that 18% limit in the first year of the loan, or under some circumstances can be spread out over as much as a 5 year period if the loan is at least 5 years.

Although you should also talk with your insurance broker and make sure they know the details of your situation so there aren't any unfortunate surprises later.Some places you'll be able to inspect both units, some you won't be able to go into until you have made an offer.

An example is in Section 42 low-moderate income housing projects where the borrower developer is bonded and prevented from providing a personal guarantee by statute.A lender may provide a commercial loan where the circumstances meet the two points mentioned above, where the borrower is an entity having sufficient capital and income fro operations where the ability to pay as agreed carries little lending risk.

Given my circumstances, what business structure(s) do you recommend?

There really isn't much we can do to improve the results for you at the moment, unfortunately.

Unfortunately, title issues often crop up with REO properties.

Thank you for sharing this post with us, even though I'm sure that was a very unfortunate event for you.Liz

But, of course, then real estate prices reflect that too unfortunately.

Unfortunately, almost all of these folks never make any money investing in real estate.