For instance, a property you purchase for 200k should produce 2k a month in revenue.

She can have in her Trust, what happens to the property on her passing, so that for instance, if you are the only heir, or the only heir she leaves the property to, you can transfer ownership quickly instead of having to go through probate.

For instance, improvements are not immediately deductible; instead, they're depreciated over time.

There are other concerns of course with a fund whereas you are not in control, but in most instances you will get about the same.If you eventually wanted to make a business out of this and do it full time, then of course there are a lot more advantages to start doing it yourself.

You may hear of people who are successfully doing it, but there have been lots of instances where people think they found a great scam to pull and then found out later it was really illegal or they somehow get burned when the jig is up.

This is what all growing businesses eventually do.For instance, why are you still doing marketing, showings and leasing?

So for instance, maybe you have a 4 bedroom home you can rent for $600/room.

For instance, we'll usually go fro 75% of the cost plus rehab budget for a "newbie" to 90% for someone more experienced.

In some instances where a property is under-performing, we get a quote based on "as is" condition and then one based on making certain capital improvements within the first year to allow for pro-forma projections.

In my instance, my tenants dishwasher was not completely draining and it took about one week for them to get there.