Questions about RE in US

[veli]

Being based in Norway I have limited knowledge about the RE markets in the US. I am however very curious about the sector, and hope someone can help me out with one or more of the questions I have

I know of zillow, trulia, loopnet, if there are any other good RE sites I should know about, please let me know.

1) Are there any foreigners here who have bought a property in the US and had the property managed by a management company?

2) Speaking of Management companies, I guess the good ones are not easy to find, but is there a particular website to be found listing management companies? And, further, does anyone have good experiences with management companies?
(Im interested in US people using Man.comp. also)

3) Regarding apartment buildings, how easy is it to say fix up a building then sell the apartments one by one? Do you need a specific permission for that? ( I guess it varies from state to state).

4) I guess this question again is dependent on the state, but what is approximately the average square feet price for a new house if you were to build something yourself?

5) Any place on the net you can find out if the are you are looking at is fair/bad/really bad/extremely bad etc?

6) Has anyone ever bought apartment buildings in rough areas, and what was the result?

A lot of questions, but I hope at least some can be answered as Im curious.

Thank you for your time

 

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[TC2]

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