I working on it so someday my real estate brokerage grows to be a nice addition to my primary investment business.

Nicely done Josh, speed has been an issue lately and there is now a noticable difference on the improvement side.

It's really not a trick, it's the old-fashioned necessity of having a partner, having your lender relationships set up in advance of finding the deals.

But, if I rehab for a long period of time it would be nice to save that money.

Your carrying costs will be higher as you're essentially mortgaging all 100% (between the mortgage payment and the car payment) but the interest rate will be nice and low so I would be all for that.

57% RE.I agree with the statement that the market is similar to Vegas, more so today than in the past with all the govt manipulation.I still play in that pool though, been through all the ups and downs, but overall still pretty nice gains there.

Its a nice cheap 1 time insurance cost I think is well worth it.

Nice french doors to the deck help tie that space together.Mold check looks good so far.

If you manager your RE docs in a similar fashion, you could have all your contracts, offers, etc. all on your phone.On my iPad I use Pages all the time, and Keynote and Numbers occasionally.

In my market, they asses a 25-35k at a value of 70-75k, in an effort to drive up the tax base to pay their nice fat pensions.