- $3,192 (includes mortgage, HOA fees, insurance, Prop taxes, trash/recycling) - I was getting 3k a month in rent. - 30 year fixed rate loan at 4.625% (refi'd in 2013) and a $37k HELOC at 4.9% (Got a HELOC instead of PMI when buying in 2008, we put down ten percent, then the HELOC covered the rest) 5.

Elizabeth,Make sure you find a realtor with 20+ years experience, reason being, they have been thru multiple RE cycles, not just 1 or 2.

What I didn't count on was the CEO milking investors and not caring about FDA approval.

The landlord before buying should have looked at current rent on the lease versus market rent.Generally what happens on these properties is as the tenants say our job is losing income etc. and we need reduced rent then the landlord complies in certain cases.When that happens the landlord starts cutting down on maintenance and repairs to preserve the same margins.Remember everyone has bills whether they are a tenant or a landlord.I am in the opposite situation.I get in to 20 units and there are tenants milking the situation.They will all be gone soon.They say we won't pay rent etc. but when it comes time to call the bluff they cough up the cash.If the events happen as you say then I feel for your situation.Just like bad tenants there are bad landlords where I would never operate my properties that way.If you are paying below market rent don't expect the world.Each year a landlord should raise the rent by 4 percent at least to handle carrying costs.If not your landlord is losing more money money on you for each year they keep the rent below market.I believe with the repairs the landlord would need to show "willful neglect" on not fixing the issues.

The recycling area on back porch still had newspapers from 1982.  

Just wanted to make sure this kind of thing was normal and not they were just trying to milk me for a little extra.Buying a foreclosure as a possible life long personal residence has been an extremely frustrating process due to our strict standards and my insistence on finding a bargain.

She was complaining that milk and formula (among other items) had gone up about 10%.

Areas around the outside always have trash, debris, empty recycle bottles etc piled up.

Attorney milks the estate $120000 a year salary, buys crazy stuff, and after ten years the money is gone, poof.Dig into the moving parts: ages of all the parties, health and longevity of each, options, who is responsible, who is not responsible... 

There's milking cows and cattle, you need to know the difference, but you can make money with both.