But if you find the right brokerage, this can be a win-win (for example, I pay a flat rate per transaction, with a modest annual cap - and I routinely save that in commission on one transaction). 

So much for a big name, even though my Pfister kitchen faucet has held up 20 years with routine maintenance.

hey guys, i would love to pick your brain about the ways you use the MLS in your daily routine in investing.

That is one of the most logical routines I have seen lately and I spend about 10 hours a day ( 7 days a week) on the real estate investing part of the Internet.  

@Sean Cole  your comment on deed taking 8 to 12 months to record got me to thinking.in Atl when I was buying court house there it was routinely 60 to 90 days as I mentioned.but when I was lending in Detroit Circa 2002 that city was all messed up. and it would take our loans 30 to 60 days to get recorded.. and we had to buy gap insurance.. our loans were in force even if they did not show on public records..

When you start paying for even routine maintenance it's certain different than when you're renting and that's on the shoulders of the property owner.

We actually require tenants to make themselves available for routine maintenance in our lease, though if we just did a full reno there is often some shake out and we will assist as necessary in getting those issues resolved for the first few weeks.We like kwickset smartkey control deadbold locks (with passage handles).

Simple things such as when we pay each month, PM procedures, PM agreement specifics, who their contact is, etc are routine things that most all our investors know that they do not know.  

Justin - COC analysis included 10% for routine maintenance, 10% CAPEX, 10% vacancy and 10% property management.

How shameful to pry on unsophisticated real estate buyers.I was just given the same routine to transfer cash to their bank account of $ 9,450.00 first before I could view a High Rise Condo in Las Vegas , NV.I can not believe that this Agency is legitimate and lives of dumb people to sending them  cash for a promise.Sooner or later I hope they end up in Jail.