@Helen Yang,Most owners of smaller to midsize complexes in Albuquerque pay for water/sewer and trashIt usually runs $45-50/unit/month

(This is truly insane if you ask me).Tax plans, the little bit that the benevolent candidates are giving to the little people (you and me) will pale in comparison to all the increases these socialists are planning!

You can buy like those 20L large pales of paint for like $50 bucks.

The podcast was #29: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/08/01/bp-podcast-029-peer-to-peer-fix-hold-dawn/ @Yang Xiao It was 174500, 3080 sq ft, rent ready with window treatments, towel holders, and landscaping.

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.

@Yang Xiao downtown apartment building is booming.

I bought another property about the same time as my historic nightmare, a little duplex that pales in comparison as far as bragging rights.

All other arguments about replacement cost, the price it last sold for, or the price for the house next door pale next to the fact it actually traded hands at a specific value.The outline for starting a business with a bank loan is valid.

Over the years I've talked to thousands of investors... that bought and held when they started.. leveraged out the ying yang... when they started...I did too...

@Yang Zhang and @Vera Herlihy are two people who I know have worked with them.