That will increase your material costs for the job and is the contractor paying for the material in their bid or are you paying for it and paying them a labor cost.

If it pays for itself, it provides you with a "free" place to live during the off-season.

Unless new companies create replacement jobs, the only remaining positions will be lower-paying service sector jobs.

I was studying the market and my rent will be just enough to cover the mortgage and HOA fee now I might to pay out of pocket for insurance but don't want to sell it yet because the area is growing and might have good appreciation in the years that follow.

More than happy to partner up or pay for the deal itself.

Purchase price: $275,000 Cash invested: $294,000 Sale price: $355,000 Seller was behind on pay HOA payments and in risk for losing the property.

@Aaron Bard- plenty of  lenders  offer  DCSR loans ...contact a  few  for  quotes ...also - dont  pay  any  lenders  at the beginning of the process 

When you pay off a mortgage you pay the interest for all the years you didn't own the house?!?

We are paying cash to him every week or so when he sends bill. 

If it takes you two months two find a tenant willing to pay $1,700, then you'll still basically break even in the long run - the net to you is the same.