Stated another way, the casino owners have some really nice sweetheart deals with NV that basically has permanently locked out any timeshare development companies that already hadn't established a presence in Vegas.

Market Study (i intend to do my own, but I'm not sure how to establish an absorption rate) the county gov't has some data published on this, but I would like to find a way to get my own numbers.Builder's Risk (I would like to make this a construction cost.

No formal comps used to establish it.You think I should rent it out as opposed to reselling it-owner financing, or trying to sell the unit/rent the land?

If the requisite "dealer intent" is established by IRS / court, then 453 steps in with a clear and unambiguous result, as you suggest.

Please continue discussion in the already established ones so we have it all consolidated.Here's the sticky that we've got:Help me understand this deal and 50%, 2% ruleThanks for the understanding.Thread closed.

If he can pass my screening and meets my written criteria, I'll be very happy to rent to him.The trick is to establish a written criteria that allows you to eliminate applicants who are iffy.

Some smart investors do require the buyer to pay for an appraisal and keep this on file to establish the property value for potential note buyers.

I gracefully declined the latter explaining that I'm not a broker, and I'm helping him/her to place a tenant with whom I already have an established relationship (ie we come as a package).

I am attempting to establish a portfilio of rehabbers that I can call upon when I do get a deal. so thats me and what I hope to accomplish.

"Starting Out", "Financing", "Flipping", "Renovating", "Landlording", and so forth.Then he could just cut and paste the best questions, answers and comments from this site until he had 80,000-100,000 words, which would make quite an invaluable resource.An added benefit to him, of course, is that it would also drive new traffic to this site.As for publishing, Josh could either go the route of self-publishing which others on this site have done, or go the traditional route of established publishers.