For around 85000, you can get something which will command 1150-1200 rent, but the repairs will probably be more in the 7 or 8000 range.

I'm in a title state, and we do not use RE lawyers to close anything.

I did use this paper created by Will Barnard: http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/BarnardINCWhat I did, is I went to Lowes and filled this whole sheet out, and those are the numbers I use when I'm calculating most of this stuff.

I learned a lot about scraping and painting... and repainting... and repainting...It's always been in my mind that I would use real estate as my exit strategy from having a "real job" and use it to support myself and family at our own schedule, much like most of you I'm sure.

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Im thinking it would cost around 75-80k and would command 800-1000 per month rents.If I buy a sfr im assuming the cost to be 90 -110000. 100 percent financing. with an interest rate around 4%.What are your thoughts?

Can I use rent payments as history that I'm good with this amount?

I have a duplex and one side has a pretty bad odor.I washed all the walls and doors with pine sol then did it again and it does smell better but the smell seems to still be lingering.I at first thought that the smell was from smoking marijuana the tenants were avid users of the miracle plant. add to that they smoked cigarettes.

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There is no strategy that is so unique or informative or secretive that someone with a bit of creative thought, one with logical thinking attributes could not figure out having a good command of basic real estate practices.Now, I'll yield to marketing, yellow letters, advancing and promoting yourself, phone systems, the generic business stuff that is not really so much an issue in RE, or such hardly regulated areas.