What you can do depends on your particular market, but consider a few f'rinstances: Improve building security, improve outside lighting, give common areas a facelift, upgrade appliances, give away wireless internet service to all the tenants, etc.

I was curious if anyone knows if any of the various offline mapping programs allows you to define a particular area, save it, and make various labels and tags on the map itself.

This particular deal came from another member of the REIA.

That's because you're buying that equity at a discount and your reselling the equity at the going market rate for that particular neighborhood.

You need to be specific on what you think is unbelievable; COSI is the name for the index in which a particular loan program can be based on.

In particular I need a PM solution that will let us manage the portfolio if we want to use in-house staff (PM division) or if we want to work with an external firm that is open to suggestions for software platforms.

Other than receiving referrals, do you suggest any particular ways to find great lawyers who are knowledgeable about real estate investing?

It generally will only sell between a small range for a particular neighborhood and type of home.

I usually find that new members who come on site to ask about a particular company with no other interest in getting involved are here to promote that company.

Have you encountered any problems (particularly with contractors) in your rehabs given that you're fairly remote to Ely?