In any investment, risk is proportional to potential return.

Average rent in our for a 3bd/2bth house is $875-950.Houses are proportionally cheaper (although that is quickly changing in this current market). 

When you scale up, the amount of time, money, and effort will only increase proportionally to the number of deals you have.

I came into it with a contract law background with experience in interstate compact, my partner engineering, we were comfortable with digging deep into the law books and contract drafts.

Gas prices are high, but like most things, the media likes to blow things way out of proportion.

Also most people use compact florescent or LED bulbs or light fixtures anymore which use very little power.

One thing to note, is that with FHA you can afford to offer more than list as it will only increase your down payment proportionally.

My take: if prices don't subside the overall proportion of housing relative to GDP will, and considering how big housing is in the US that will be very bad news.

This will increase rehab costs and can sometimes blow final asking price out of proportion.

Because an organization failed to foresee a need does not necessarily mean the need was not reasonably foreseeable [Reg. 1.514(c)-1(a)].In general, income from debt-financed property used in an unrelated trade or business is treated as UBTI in proportion to the amount of debt-financing involved.