I also know the construction styles of the houses in my target area down to a T, so I know which ones are built poorly and which are rock solid. 

What are peoples' thoughts on how framingham shall convert into the proper city style model: the "south side shall see a lot of change"

Out of the blue, I decided to just check out some properties there and found a cape cod style semi-turnkey for $90K.

I never had a problem sacrificing by not owning a personal house. 

And wouldn't those numbers ultimately depend on the style and quality of the rehab the buyer usese? 

@Tony Marcelle  well then when you land that screaming deal and want to flip you know were I am and then you know as well that I am a for real buyer .. and you don't have to waste time on others that will just try to flip your deal daisy chain style.

it all depends on where you place it on the form and which forms you are usingif you are doing your taxes in ez style like turbo tax or some other irs entity youll not get your deductions for the forms are not thereif you are going to do your taxes then you need to go with the longest form you can and get all the right forms you needa lot of cpas will not do this for it is difficult plus they think they will be held liable for the taxthis is not true the only people the irs are going to audit is youanother lesson to be learned, if you are going to have property then it is in your best interest to go to a tax prep class and learn what you can right off and what you cant, for instance do you right off your work clothing?

The house was a cabin style house, A frame 2 story.  

To describe the area better, its very historic and there are 2 properties that are almost communist block style housing.  

Yeah it does for the few who understand that if your AGI is below the mid 50k's you dont have any capital gain taxes on qualified dividends which is what you meant, but some people will pay 15% and some high income folks will pay 20% + 3.8% obummer tax as well (400k+ AGI folks).Not to burst your bubble but you can get high participation Equity indexed life policies as well that give you 1.6X on S&P Gains with 0% downside (complete, not for the first 10% like your structured note), but yes we have a cap on gains (10-14% on average on a EIUL policy)Over all I still see EIUL as a better savings/store vehicle with the pros and con's all considered.For the technician who fantasizes about control over all financial vehicles at all times then using the structure notes, margin loans, and other high risk (to average person) would be great and more power to them.Personally I prefer slow moving solid fundamentals of real estate and financial vehicles I do not have to micro manage so I can focus more on life style and less on financial jujitsu.