When we buy a note, we get interest and principal throughout the term so that principal diminishes over time.

I was hesitant to try these methods out at first, but I believe you will find a larger variety of deals it appears you are looking for.Do not let the realtor deter you from your goal or diminish your standards.

The rental market seems to be in higher demand in my area as vacancies are diminishing, but I really can't find a more sure fire way of finding the most I can get in rent than to shoot high and adjust from there.Lynn, I am not aware of these laws in my state but I will keep a close eye on this and I guess my fall back would be to move in as I only have the one mortgage.

Jonathan Twombly I think that many folks see no immediate returns on their efforts, so the level of effort diminishes over time, and we lose out on the critical mass that is needed to really begin to see the fruits of our labor (and efforts) start to show themselves in marketing and RE investing as a whole...so the point about consistently feeding the machine is a big one.

Yield diminishes as we approach maturity in some circumstances however "cash flow" on a fixed rate loan actually remains the same.  

The cost to bring in a home whether new or used really diminishes the overall deal economics.  

After perhaps the first 500-1,000 hours of studying real estate and posting to the forums, I think the diminishing marginal returns on the 1,001st hour begin to take effect.

True, if he bought 4 of them, leveraging it, his cash flow is diminished, with mortgages as high as 18%.By 1982, his mix use property was paid off as he had a $15K mortgage in 1963.

So as that that yield diminishes, the cash is going to get employed right?

This illustrates the negative effects of corrupting the integrity/security of a system, now my WSDL is of diminished utility and I have to have a passport.