The investment of 300,000 into that business would provide greater cash flow up front to fund you're rental property acquisitions (which can become very cash intensive) and because the business was semi absentee you can keep you're day job and fund the REI purchases from the biz.

(There are some crazy people out there)41822 Winter Ct, Canton, MI 48187For Sale: $137,500Beds: 3, Baths: 2.0, Sqft: 1,738Single Familyhttp://www.zillow.com/homedetails/88696689_zpid/Southeast michigan se mi Plymouth

Originally posted by :Thanks for sharing and helping me think a few moves in advance.Upon further reflection and to extend the analogy ... not only is it important to think a few moves in advance, but it is also important to understand that different pieces move in different ways and have different value at different times; some are good at offense, some are good for defense, no single piece is good or bad, the more pieces you know how to play and preserve or strategically sacrifice the better, it is seeing and knowing how to play the board that matters, and being humble enough to think in percentages with multiple exits rather than absolutes in one ... sorry if you don't care for semi-vague analogies, but I'd personally rather not try to provide answers but find more value in asking interesting questions and posing semi-vague analogies ... answers give information that has a myopic context and limited shelf life, while interesting questions and analogies (hopefully) spark interesting thoughts and interesting discussion ultimately leading to wisdom that helps you, helps me, and helps the community.

Semi-personal options here, but would like to hear the pro/con's of both sides and to hear your opinions of the situation!

Just my two cents based on my 20 years experience in the field of forecasting and money management (I was also a semi-professional Black Jack gambler).God Bless You.

Adequate parking and proximity to public transportation stops.Current # of years tenants in place in our properties: 26 - 22 - 13 - 13 - 11 - 7 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 1/2 - 1/2 - 1/2 - 0 (vacant).Some characteristics of our longer term tenants: retiree, disability, felony in the distant past, limited English skills, bus rider, semi-truck driver with need to park the rig, section 8, low income.

Satin or semi-glossy for rentals.Regardless of what you think you'll be able to cover, you'll need tools and you'll waste a lot of materials.

The property consists of a farmhouse converted to 4 1-bedroom units and a single-family home on a 5.5-acre lot in a semi-rural suburb of Buffalo, NY.

They seems avoid more active/semi-active management such as owning rental property.

Is the loan to asset ratio 160k/100k enough to go through semi traditional means on financing the deal?