Sellers who purchased homes during the market peak may find themselves in difficult positions, as they could potentially have to sell at a loss or contribute additional funds to close a deal.4.

Long term rental comps on average, when you pencil it out, will be at a loss in the $100-500 range in my experience.

My gross rental income looks pretty impressive and here I am working my W2 job, to say nothing of the losses incurred each month on my Class C Indy house. 

Disappointment and risk (I.e. financial loss) are linked if you try to do Real Estate solo (vs with us), which exactly why we started the program.

They are ranked (using the price-and-rent-growth weighting algorithm) as follows:80003804018021980017800108021280239801048024980226Let’s see the average monthly price growth map again with just the top 10 zip codes:Now let’s look at the average monthly rent growth for the top 10 ranked zip codes.And now let’s look at the rent-price ratios for the top 10 zip codes:Now let’s take a look at the prices for each of these zip codes:So far, 80003 and 80219 look like the best zip codes for buy-and-hold strategies close to the front range (if we ignore Aurora, CO completely).What are your thoughts?

As far taking a $1K loss a month, maybe talk to different prop mgmt companies to see if you can get a better deal or if your property needs any upgrades that you can perform in order to ask for a better or higher rent, something to consider.

Is it a lost cause and I'm just supposed to fold and cut my losses??

This was a great answer by @Lateefah MathewsIf your seller has a Profit&Loss from the prior year, that may be helpful but not necessary.Welcome to the forums @Shell Peterson !

We had a tenant who decided unilaterally to move out two weeks later than the contractual end date. Consequently, the house could not be made ready for the new tenants and after a big scramble, we managed to save the ...

I ended up owning about 250 of these.. and having to sell them off taking loss's virtually everyone of them it was a blood bath for us HML in 08 to 2010.. and not anything I want to ever repeat.. those that started lending HM post 2011 have had the rising tide great market situation but even with the good market people fail all the time for various reasons.