The MLS has an activity search which will pull up any properties that are new listings or have a price change in the last X amount of days.

I live in Lacrosse, anyone know of any active clubs close by?

With regard to bird-dogging. the "Real Estate Act of 2000" in Illinois, talks of words like "customer" versus "client" etc. and, talks of "activities not rising to the level of 'agency' or brokerage".

By renting to them you are helping people who are established felons, actively breaking the law.

Hawaii and other states that command high rents per sq foot should naturally have the lowest % of gross rents going to maintenance.Another reason why our operating cost may be low is our very low property tax rate - 0.4% of assessed value annual.

Being an "active" investor versus a "passive" investor, which is where the 750 hour mark comes from, will allow you to carry over losses in real estate to compensate for other gains.

And the first place to start is your home's assessment.

Theorectically any time you buy or sell a house you could be involved with a lawsuit, but to say oh don't buy houses because you could end up in court if so and so happens just is not practical advice.I have never heard of someone refusing to sell when there is an option, and not that it isn't something to process, but to conclude that sandwich options are a VERY RISKY investment because of this possibility seems kind of unfounded.There are risks involved with all investments and adequately and accurately assessing those risks versus the rewards is key to success in any endeavor.

Here's the official word back:Per ORS 696.010 (11) "Professional real estate activity" (j); the person you pay a fee to would be doing professional real estate activity without a license.

So that's probably going to cost around $220 a month.Investment Payment $760Investment Homeowners Insurance $100Investment Taxes $100 (you will probably not get assessed your first year and just pay on the lot)Primary Residence Increase $220Total Cost would be around $1,180 and you would have to pay a property manager around $100 a month.Looks like you could almost break even on it with the right mortgage and taking the cash out of your primary residence.Things will rebound eventually, so if you can slow the bleeding down to a few hundred a month you can hopefully stick it out.If you have been doing pre-construction since 2005 I am hoping you made some money somewhere to ease the pain.I did this on a few properties in Lakeland, Florida.