This option obviously carries the opposing risk that the lessee will go crazy with requesting unnecessary repairs.

Stocks can be easily liquidated as opposed to Real Estate.

There is very little advantage to putting down a $100 deposit as opposed to a $10 deposit.

There is a lot more to the tax code and what deductions and advantages you can use this year as opposed to carry forwards and much of it depends on not only how involved you are in your real estate investing, but also what you are doing outside of investing in real estate.So be sure and talk to a CPA as well about the advantages and whether they apply to property outside the US.Chris

With multis, you need to set the precedent with the other tenants that you EVICT for non-payment as opposed to paying deadbeats when they steal from you.

After a couple months on this site I realized I could actually really use the advice from this forum (as opposed to the crap from the college lecture halls).

I've read green building costs are 2% higher than regular building costs, but don't know how this would translate to a renovated house as opposed to a new building.

Plus, back then, wood really measured an actual inch, or whatever, as opposed to today, making carpentry more challenging.

like everyone i prefer free software, if anyone has suggestions please let me know, i'm not opposed to purchasing either.if any of you have in house or something you bought and want to give to me i'll be happy to add link on my site under the proforma telling people it came from your company so will give you leads perhaps.

I use auction companies who have a 95% success rate as opposed to the MLS/agent success rate of approx. 53%.