Those who honestly decided just to quit normally do so after building up cash reserves, lowering expenses and years of stable income so they can predict what the cash flow will be like.What you tend to see is the full time investor is much less aggressive with leverage than the person who has a stable full time job.

The more seasoned you get the more you can predict but stuff still happens.

Predictions had it rising to $1500 or more.

"predicted" but I'm wondering what to omit to make this as "real" as possible -- should I omit all closing costs and just add the usual, or include closing and capital expenses ??

Hey Antwon---If you have a loan on the property you are putting in the trust, you should look at the security instrument and talk to the title company like EricFoster suggested...

And amazingly enough, at one time before the crash...there wasn't a big difference between some of the prime and sub-prime products.I predict money sources for sub-prime will be driven by supply and demand and will soon return to the tune of something like a 21% cap for a 2/28 or a 3/27 with a 5 or 8 year pre-pay.

NNN leases seem to be a reliable source of steady, predictable income.

But, it may still work for you.Its very difficult to predict where prices are going to go.

We are in the business of creating positive, predictable cash flow for investors, through single-family homes we have purchased, rehabbed and rented.

If I could predict the future, I'd be a rich man.