Maybe look at FHA 203k...google it..At the end of the day if the numbers make sense in your area then it's pretty cut and dry...Also if your circumstances allow you may want to actually reside in the in-law and rent out the rooms individually in the house which will almost certainly generate more revenue. 

So I cut the pipe and try to remove the fitting .

The city is about to take the home within the next year if the taxes aren't paid and the lawn isn't cut. 

He tried to punch his way thru their basement window, got cut up badly, and came over to our house and bled all over the back porch and pounded on the door hollering. 

If someone screws me over on a real estate transaction due to misrepresentation or withholding pertinent information; someone will make the transaction right (broken knees, cut off digits, cut off ear or nose, cut off testicles is the last option)

I wasn't really concerned because I know what I'm doing, I do things right and don't cut corners.

Is paying some monthly fee good enough for access to MLS data without being on a conflicting situation where it feels like investors are wasting your time?

But it's in your best interest if they know up front so that they can a) send you the right stuff and not waste your time, or b) not waste their own time.Good luck!

Do not worry about the commission cut or anything quite yet because it will take a little while before you make your first sale (most of the time).

I would like to raise my income on the non-real estate business, but want to have the REP tax status first to cut down on fed income tax.