As a result, the decided not to extend the anti-flipping waiver last year, and investors became evil once again on January 1st of 2015, and now have to be punished with an extra long wait to re-sell if they happen to buy a good deal.

First and foremost I want to extend my gratitude to this forum and all of its contributors.

This may is mostly regarding expenses, but extends to whatever figures you have to rely on someone else's (especially the seller's) info.

Readers need to accept there is some line in the sand where those experts expect to be paid and that does not make the expert wrong or malevolent for those expectations.If you are very successful because you are an expert on one topic, don't expect that all of your good decision making when doing due diligence prior to purchasing a community is going to naturally extend to marketing and sales, unless it actually does.

We have purchased country houses with 3 acres and installed mobile home pads and extended utilities and rented out the lots with the house.

Leaning towards just using it with my family and extended family.

SureLease to own is a good strategy for sellers don't have a lot of equity if you read Gary Keller's book SHIFT he talks about creative financing to help sellers that are having difficultyYou have to be willing as an agent to act as a principle business owner, and tell your broker know that you're doing deals as a principal versus acting as an agentYou can make 3% as a option release fee, buyer or seller paysI love saying to the homeseller of expired listing"I know you tried to sell traditionally with an agent and it did not work out for you, but what if I can get the house sold for you, and maximize your equity, so that you do not have to pay a commission?"

http://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/201503_cfpb_you...CFPB releases 'Know Before You Owe' shopping toolkitDesigned to help buy a homeMarch 31, 2015In light of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s “Know Before You Owe” mortgage rule coming in affect in August, the CFPB released a new toolkit to guide consumers through the process of shopping for a mortgage and buying a home.

I have enough saved where I can probably live within my current means for about 2-3 months, and extend that to maybe 4-5 months on a strict budget.

BK can extend time but that generally means payments so it tends to be a good thing.