My husband is a certified green professional builder.

Let’s also assume property location doesn’t matter in so far as the plan is for them to be professionally managed (ie, Texas vs Vegas vs Beverly Hills doesn’t matter so much but prefer not to invest in ‘war zones’)….

Our vast audience is compromised of real estate investors, agents, lenders, bankers, legislators, homeowners, renters, and other real estate professionals and service people.The site gets hundreds of thousands of unique visitors a month (currently close to 350,000), and we're continuing to grow at a great pace.

With so many knowledgeable real estate professionals here, I feel this is a good place to solicit feedback on this important discussion.As a private money lender, we are always looking for trends in real estate so we can gear up our money sources to lend on new property types or project types.

You also need a registered agent, and I pay $100 for a professional service that handles this.

Very hard to make those leak, outside of physical damage.I am aware that the fiberglass units can be re-finished by professionals; not sure if the big box stores carry a kit for that.As Ryan mentioned, these typically develop cracks (physical damage), and will tend to crack once again in the same place unless there is some support from below.

Yes, yours will be deductible as well.You will fill out Form 6252 Installment Sale - www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f6252.pdf so be sure to bring a copy of the contract to your accountant/tax professional.

The same is true with "professional tenants" who abuse the system in states that favor them over the landlord.

Joe- I have 3 of the above.150 unit building- the professional mgmt company is in charge of all bills AND the resident mgr expenses (who lives on site)580 unit self storage-resident mgr and asst DON'T live on site, but my personal asst maintains an office there.

Tenants that are morons"Professional" contractorsCrazy neighborsPencil necks at the city ordinance departmentReal estate agents that think rent minus PITI equals cashflow