Originally posted by "PNW":Somebody wake me up if prices drop 50%, because I'll have some serious buying to do at that point.Well, I have more than a couple neighbors in my condo development who bought in when things were high, and they paid just about twice what I paid for mine only 2-3 years earlier (they got in at ~160k give or take a few, I got in at 82.5k).

This is a question for Joe: If you are in the business of property development, are sales of homes considered capital gains, or ordinary income?

What she is actually telling you is that she doesn't trust YOU to invest , I feel , if you want to invest, you gotta walk the walk and talk the talk, keep on asking her what her concerns are and find answers. keep on educating yourself in REI and convince her, that if you were to invest your money, it would be a safe investment decision (just be sure you feel the same way)A woman is always more cautious, just see every concern she might have as another point to work on, then work on her trust in this particular area..

We also have two properties we are developing in Costa Rica a Mountain resort and the other is a Golf Resort/community.

This pattern should be religiously followed because the court will see you as a "weak" landlord for letting a pattern of lateness develop.

Hello Everyone,My name is Wes Fontaine and I own a construction/development company in northwest Florida.

I was thinking about contacting developers, and seeing if someone would like to partner.

There is a new one for commercial properties I just did an interview with the owner/developer of:acrescout.comAnother interesting site is energizedseller.com but can't remember if you can post listings there or just create an agent profile.

But, he deals in stocks, we deal in real estate, and I think it can be safely argued that in real estate we can make a quicker ROI than in stocks, given the ability to purchase property at such great discounts that can be sold at retail only a few months later.

I once purchased a condo from a developer/converter who, because of 1031 Exchange rules, had to maintain ownership of at least 25% of the units in his 100 unit building for at least a year before selling.