But after the expense of training them (which is a chunk of money) most of them are going to quit as soon as the going gets rough, saying they aren't paid enough to put up with that stuff.Whatever remained on the force is a scary thought.

It'll remain there for another year.Still quaking in my boots about the rates spiking up.

I stated to her that I was even willing to lose $1,000 but that the remaining $4,000 should be returned.

In America, so far, we have remained a civilized society, and respect the outcome of elections, whether or not our candidate is elected.Though my Republican presidential vote means little in California, I have been volunteeering to call Ohio and other swing state voters in hopes of swaying voters that votes do count, and can make a difference in this election for my candidate.

In the near future, the leverage will be much lower and therefore the negative impact of possible rate increase is minimized.As for a stock trader, I think it is prudent to allocate 1/3 of his capital in real estate, and the remaining 2/3 in stock trading.For me, deflation is more dangerous than inflation.

The new loan amount remained the same and no closing costs so the hole did not get deeper.

I was stumbling around thinking Brandon Eleazer was rolling fixed expenses into the "remaining 50%" of his working capital.By the by...in my area if I could find a true $50K property that would reliably bring in $1K/month, I'd buy them all day (well, maybe not during lunch-time).

I would definitely do everything you can to make them a 1099.Your PM LLC/Company etc should remain a separate entity.You W2 them & workers comp, unemployment etc could eat you alive.

4) if you have an option consideration of $3000 and the tenant buyer only has $1500 and you want to create a note for the remaining, what if the tenant buyer stops paying the note?

I want to remain more hands-off when it comes to investing as well.