Maybe I can find someone currently doing vacation rentals in hawaii for comparison.

I own several SFHs in the lower end of the scale (20k-after-rehab-ish) and while those rent for 550$ on average, some months I may see 20% of that in net income, and most of the time like Jon side, when I get hit with something "unexpected" it may take a big chunk of the gross since while the house is cheap, maintenance costs are high in comparison.

Denver and Colorado towns are just that--small towns in comparison to what we're used to.

In comparison, my taxes are 5% of my gross rents.I thought Texas had a far better rental market than this.Also remember, most of us who invest for cash flow don't "need" the money now.

But of course your advice is still valid - I don't want to get burned so I'll double-check everything (valuations, sequence of events, etc.) with the assessor.

In the stock market doing "average" is doing very well, as many funds perform below average (after accounting for fees, etc)And yes the leverage comment was more of a joke than a serious comparison.

It was money well spent and now pales in comparison to the money we make on our deals.That being said, there are plenty of fly by night folks out there and the out of state thing does make it more difficult but not impossible.

Aaron makes a great point, MH have great cash flow (or can) but get no appreciation, in fact, they depreciate typically in comparison to less cash flow SFR but better opportunity for appreciation.

Taxes keep going up and up but cant complain, in comparison to Dublin.

Marie Poe While I still think it is a silly comparison, I will answer you that I always post when I hit the correct day (day 6 here).