Hi,I am about to open a 1031 and anticipate buying 2 or 3 homes ($120-180k ea.) in the Nashville/Middle Tennessee area, which is a very hot market with limited inventory. 

At the end of the day the anticipated .25% rise in the Fed Funds Rate probably wont be detrimental to real estate but a 1% hike probably would be.

I thought screening would be much more cut and dry, but it gets to be more of an ethical dilemma than I anticipated (people need shelter).Any help would be appreciated!!

Renting looks good on paper but you end up spending all of your positive cash flow on fixing up the units while you anticipate a new renter.  

Just closed on mine in October and had anticipated a 20% DP as well, boy what a shock!

My anticipated completion date is December 31st, 2015.

I recently got an FHA loan quote from a lender and the total cost down was a lot higher than I anticipated.

At this juncture, you need to anticipate that every move you make will result in a countermove from the tenant.

Hey Gabriel, I agree with you I would feel more comfortable with a set interest rate to begin with as like you said there is no letdown if the price ends up dropping or Reno cost more then anticipated.

All of this in anticipation of fueling my investment career.My problem...