My name is John and I am excited to be a part of this online community.

Maybe you can do that online.

With that said, do you know of any online resources for up to date market analysis?

Thankfully, now they have the courses online.

Don't trust any online sources such as Zillow for values.

There was an act passed a while back that will allow you to skip this tax bill if the property was owner occupied and you had never refinanced or taken a HELOC.

Has anyone out there had any success with bidding on a home on a site like ebay and flipping it quickly for a profit? I see many homes that sell for the 3K - 10K range and think there would be an opportunity to flip ...

I am considering refinancing my office building loan, getting a lower interest rate, and cashing out about 40k which will go toward the apartment downpayment.Does this sound like a reasonable strategy?

This will be on line 12 of the 1040.

I'll admit I was skeptical based upon the rumors being spread about him online, but once I found out the truth and actually worked with him, I found out that he was genuine and knows his stuff.