Today people routinely live into their 80’s and 90’s and can anticipate a couple of decades of retirement years.

It will be good experience.Do not be surprised if what you are thinking is something that was anticipated 1 or more years ago by a developer.

I was planning to pay cash for the house and rehab costs and then refinance, but after reading some of the posts here, it looks like that may be harder than I was anticipating.

How much money should I anticipate having to spend on my first deal?

Who do you think is going to be the evil landlord that failed to anticipate the situation correctly?

Many of them missed the mark, or if they hit the expectations, their margins were less than anticipated.

She has a license and I will be her assistant.I anticipate, as her assistant, to be able to inform customers of property details, record contact info, gather info about prospective listings, follow up with customers regarding bid placement acceptance or decline, place signs in yards.She will show houses, sign contracts.Also, would we be allowed to open our own office away from the agency that she works for?

It is about as bad as I anticipated from a tenant standpoint.

Rates are looking decent with many dropping before the anticipated 50 bps fed cut.

Most short sales in Az have been closing at 75-85ltv, in cases where the properties need work.Most banks are set on getting 90-95ltv on a good property in a short sale.I would recommend considering REO Bank Owned properties, may take a little longer to locate but you get the answers and deals in many cases much lower than short sales, you can anticipate 65-80ltv on those.