I believe it would be taxable if the insurance check designated that it was for "replacing income".

Perspective from the NC coast:Hard numbers are available to project very closely what your operating expenses will be, especially if you hire a vacation PM and you choose a property designed as a vacation investment property.

My husband and I are wanting to flip homes, since he already is self employed and does exterior and interior construction, we figured we could do something more with his experience.

So many lenders "Can't use the appraisal", since they are designated to a specific lender. 90% of the time, (or more), this is very true.

And by very similar, I mean that the only real difference is made by the management, cleaning, and interior design/pictures. 

He could not access the back yard because she had nailed plywood up on the exterior and interior sides of the side yard gate so the gate could not be opened. 

Sorry everyone, you must be an insider to see this in full force because it is not media reported by intent and design.

2) Finding contractors to do design and renovate. 

Your site is designed to bring leads for deals.

Real estate is immovable, unique and assessments require knowledge and experience, you can't put that in software.Only repetitious functions can be made easier with a computer, while that may include statistical forecasting, it can not make an informed buy or sell or lease decision for a particular parcel or improvement.While the geeks may be able to design something that can fix my breakfast, they can not solve my outlook or assessments of real estate.I have gotten requests from others trying to find a silver bullet with software development, the issue is that they do not understand real estate.