Asking 350k 12 unitsScheduled Gross Income: $72,000Vacancy (5%):$3600Effective Gross Income: $68400 Maintenance: $7200 Taxes: $12,600 Insurance: $1,200 Other Expenses: $10,600 Total Expenses: $35,200Net Operating Income: $36,800/12=3066.66350k@8% for 20 years=$2,927.54balance=139.12/12=11.59 per unit not stellar by any means, but in the black.

If you want to get a little showy, paint one or two "accent" walls, just don't get crazy, and nothing dark (although once I did do a faux black leather look on a single wall for effect, and to experiment before trying in MY home!).

Year over year, we are pretty flat in terms of account growth thanks to fixing up our home.I'm thinking of buying small to mid sized historic cape-cod, cottage and foursquare urban homes and renting them out and rehabbing them as time and money allows, probably selling a few after a few years but keeping "the best."

I just saw the movie about the Texas Western (Now UTEP) basketball team that was the first all black team to win the NCAA Championship.Anyway, feel free to read up on all the forums, tons of great advice.

If you have not sat down and thoughout what keywords are import for your sit, all the exposure will not help you much.Example: I want to be at the number 1 position on google for the keywords "Cape Girardeau Real Estate".

If the old strategies are the new black then consider heading down to the library and the used bookstores to pick up copies of the old RE books.

You do not just want to leave a "black hole" that tempts budding pyros to use it.

A cape built in 1900 that has had a new basement poured and a new 200amp electrical service.It needs a new kitchen, 2 bathrooms, the entire upstairs is empty to the studs, the downstairs needs to be sheetrocked, some remodeling downstairs.

From personal experience and what I have seen, two color schemes seem to work the best; black/yellow and red/yellow.

The bad part is that they have 3, 5 yr old black labs.