For an 18 year period, a 1,300% increase is equal to an annual return of 16.29%.

If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that it is enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff. 6.

They gave 30 days notice (actually 37), they agree to let me market the home during their final 30 days tenancy, they paid a termination fee equal to two months rent, and they remain responsible for rent and utilities until their termination date.If they leave and it still takes 60 days to find a new tenant, I've lost almost nothing.If they leave and I place a tenant right away, I made an extra two months of rent.I actually make more money on the vast majority of early terminations.

Wanting to trade up into larger buildings is effective all things being equal there are definitely economies of scale, and personal preferences too.

This would be items like mortgage interest, real estate taxes, home owners insurance, utilities etc.Pro-rating the expenses have to be done in some logical methodology.If the units are of equal size - they should likely be 50% allocated to the personal residence and 50% to the rental property.if they are not equal - you can pro-rate based on amount of rooms or square footage.

Basically, it's the purchase price plus rehab costs, and whatever that amount is, you can still put down 3.5% . for example: Purchase price is 150,000, rehab costs are 35,000 which equals 185,000. 3.5% of 185,000 = 6475.00 down.

Enter your information into each one equally and see if you can find a clear winner.

Thanks for the info. in maine we have added risk and weight of snow and ice. risky add more weight to aging roof. ive done both. but prefer rentals get metal roofs so no build up no replacement for 30-50 years. btw 1 inch ice equals 12 inch fresh snow.  

All things being equal, private money will nearly always be a better option.

Or other local conditions.Here in MA, our prices are about equal or slightly over the peak before the big crash.