Various marketing studies have been done over the years which suggest that your recipient has an average of somewhere around a 7-second attention span before he/she "pitches" your card.

A shoe store may want a vanilla box, with minimal TI.  

As a first-time buyer, you might want to look for properties that are in better condition to minimize immediate repair costs and effort.

My overall strategy is to minimize the number of entities I create.

If there is minimal furniture, that's ok, but bear in mind that the Inspector will have to cover his butt by writing into the report that the house was not clear and therefore his conclusions may be invalid and he is not liable for missing anything.

Add additional members to you LLC, they can have a very minimal interest 9.

Looking for some creative advice that hopefully minimizes the tax bite.My business partner and I own two houses free and clear in our LLC.

I would NEVER, EVER offer up a reason to a tenant - minimally, you'd be subjecting yourself to an unsolicited argument/negotiation, and could be opening yourself up to a discrimination claim or other such legal entanglements. 

Hi Jessenia,I've been in the game for quite some time and have many battle scars to prove it lolMy best advice would be to always look at a worst case scenario and start from that.By starting with a worst case scenario you will be able to quicker eliminate markets that aren't a good fit.I don't know much about NY but personally, I wouldn't invest in any market that takes 6 months or even worse longer to evict.Worst case scenario for example = Tenant doesn't pay rent and trashes the property.I would want to be able to evict, fix and re-tenant as quickly as possible.Time is money and I want to keep moving forward and not deal with financial and emotional drag.There are many markets nation wide that are landlord friendly.My business is based on Ohio and there is no mercy for non payment of rent.Eviction usually takes 6 weeks max and although I never want to evict, being able to do so quickly minimizes risk of that investment.Thanks 

Many of these BTR groups are pitching higher rents to get the deals to cash flow on paper.