The house we bought had a 400 power bill but we told them we had just acquired it and they switched it to our name and waved the old bill, which was awefully nice of them.

Like a bank, the IRS doesn't want acquire the property and will generally release it early unless there is substantial equity.

The buyer's agreements are worded so that ANY property I acquire within the term will be subject to comission fees.

low cost,no maintenance, easily acquireable from out of state owners.

Eventually I hope to acquire enough rental units to live off of.Thanks to everyone taking the time to read this, and to the creator of biggerpockets for providing invaluable resources.

If your focus is to acquire value-add parks that require a lot of work, I would suggest YOU become the expert and take the role of offsite manager, overseeing the onsite manager.

@David McBrayer,Perhaps some hybrid idea where you work with a wholesaler like @Brandon M. to acquire properties, turn them over to a property manager for everyday operations, and - when you see a need to let go of property, have an agent on your team who can handle the details ... ?

We migrated to a more efficient HVAC system as part of the retrofit, but actually ran of the older system during the course of the retrofit.Other similar houses in the neighbourhood have average annual energy consumption 80 - 120% greater than this house.We just acquired another near identical house one block away and I am presently modelling a retrofit plan that, once finished, should see the average annual energy consumption be in the range of 30 - 50kW/m^2.  

Yes, I figured I might as well start planing how to acquire as many assets as possible instead of succumbing to the many liabilities that can be built up through a lifetime.

In fact, creative financing is one if the best ways yo acquire interest in and control probate deals.