Been lining up contractors, that must mean I'm optimistic!

The cash flow will be easily eaten up with new roofs (somewhere down the line is a given) updating property to compete with others and the big kahuna-financing.

If I had the owners' address and thought the realtor was actually not presenting my offer, I'd mail them a letter along the lines of, While your realtor informed me you are not interested in my offer of ..., I wanted you to have my contact info in case you become interested down the road.

But it seems the couple of life lines which has feed into the rosy picture, rent potential and stabilized values are just as likely to be volatile elements as this is still new territory for the US.

Here they aren't accepting new people and when they do every 3 years or so there will be a line of people waiting overnight, first come first serve.I prefer to stay under 10% of residents on section 8, there isn't one I've had that doesn't turn into a problem at the end.

I got one bid for $20k which was roughly in line with my budget.

There is a line where you cross from management to labor, and that is what is getting called "contribution".

Marie Poe and anyone else who can help: I submitted the notarized grant deed and other needed documents (PCOR, certificate of trust, etc) to the title insurance company and they pointed out that the title record is clean except for a line of credit my father had taken out in '05 but never used.

I've heard from different people that you're supposed to pour either bleach or vinegar into the AC condensate line once a month to prevent backups.

It really depends on a lot of things, but the first thing to do is get square and current with any existing lines.