As for analysis, even if you cannot invest in properties at the moment, nothing keeps you from practicing your analysis skills (just like people simulate trading stocks to learn).

I've bounced the numbers on this deal (as well as a few others I've looked at and done simulations on) by experienced investors and contractors and have said it feels like I'm in the right ballpark.

Of course, darker colors will make a room appear smaller and we never want to simulate that effect.  

Just something to check before you decide how to proceed.With that being said, if you find that the accounts are actually on your credit report, you can go to Credit Karma and they have a Credit Score Simulator that will allow you to pick from a variety of possible options (i.e. close an account, open an account, increase or decrease your balances, etc) and show how the changes might affect your overall credit score.   

I think it's a combination of all of those things that help.Something you might try is to go to a site like Credit Karma where they have a Credit Score Simulator that will allow you to pick from a variety of possible options (i.e. close an account, open an account, increase or decrease your balances or credit limits, etc) and see how the changes might affect your overall credit score. 

I've been crunching numbers for a while and actually used my methods for picking out a first home (for the numbers minded folks - normal investor metrics followed by cash flow analysis... for the nerdier folks out there - followed the cash flow analysis with a monte carlo simulation of the market/cash flow parameters). 

James Cloman credit karma has a simulator tool, you can make some adjustments and see how it affects your score.

I am reffering to the real time options trading simulation I did last semester where I made 380K out of a 100K investment in 6 weeks. 

Land trusts have several possible objectives, typically to simulate a lease-option in TX (lease options are effectively dead in TX since early 2000s), to avoid due-on-sale issues of a subject-to transaction, or to provide anonymity to the owner.

My grandfather owned a small apartment building and I am interested in following in his footsteps and creating something of my own here in the Pacific Northwest, although I intend to start small with 2-4 bed single-family houses and condos.Currently, I am using theMLSonline to look at various properties in the Greater Seattle Area and simulating whether they could cash-flow based on the 50% rule and some guesses at costs to update and repair.