Test is if you lived there for two of the last five years, and if you originally lived in it as your primary then you're given three years during which you can still claim it.

If you are the only one bidding on that auction house and it has been up for auction three times, beware, there may be a very good reason why.

Three people associated with the house get a total of $20,000    3.

Subordination agreements would be recorded (and they aren't all that common), so just be sure to watch out for them.If there are three loans recorded, and no subordination agreements, and you buy at a foreclosure sale of the middle one, you are buying it subject to the first one but the third one is wiped out.

Jared, the zoning/development people have said we can build three houses there, and you are right, it might be risky to pour a lot of money in and not be able to sell the current house high enough.

I understand that education is important if not I would not be finishing college I just have seen that an MBA has a lot of the same classes I have already taken or am going to take but oh well time will tell maybe I can have a mentor for the time being and take two or three years off after graduating and considering my success I will then decide.

Real Estate Markets in June 2015Summer is officially here, and just like the heat waves sweeping through much of the country, the real estate market shows no sign of cooling off any time soon, according to a preliminary analysis of June data for realtor.com®.Based on data for the first three weeks of June, the median list price increased to $233,000, up 7% year over year and 2% over May.

However, here are some random thoughts:If 60% of rental income provides sufficient retirement income, you can probably afford to do nothing :-) This has the added benefit of continued capital appreciation, relatively easy single family home management and tax free stepped up basis on first death.

Ryan,All three of those options are good ones, I have seen individuals build successful real estate careers utilizing those strategy.In short, option 1 is get started as an investor and option 2 & 3 are get started as an industry professional.

Late payments and criminal activity should be sufficient grounds to evict.