They provide recurring Revenue that will pay you as long as you own them.

It will really only cover recurring stuff like carpet, appliances, etc. 

I've thought about keeping an account for the year's recurring expenses (debt service, taxes, insurance) and another account for repairs, vacancy, management allotment (self manage now) and Capex.

Hi Bryan - I can't answer your question, but I'm curious: do you pay for the filter replacements as part of your maintenance or do you simply "encourage" your tenants to do it on a recurring basis?

Below are some of the more common reasons clients have given for moving their investments out of California.Rent control and the difficulty of removing non-performing tenants.The populations of the Bay Area and California are decreasing.High operating costs: income taxes, property taxes, insurance, etc.Rising crimeWhen considering an alternate location, take into account all of the major recurring costs.

When I underwrite an acquisition cap rate, I put recurring CapX below the line, as do most (but not all) appraisers and lenders that I’ve worked with. 

---Well, the recurring theme from BP seems to be "participate," So I did.I started in real estate when I was perhaps 10 helping my parents out with weeding, snow-shoveling, and even some eviction cleanups. 

I am in the early stages of learning about real estate investing, and through the podcasts, webinars, books, one of recurring themes has been analyzing a lot of properties and eventually funneling that done into a small number of offers, knowing that at the end of the day, the result is likely to be one deal, possibly more if fortunate.  

My credit card company allowed the charge of $390.00 to go through and say because it was a recurring charge that they can do nothing about it now.

Just curious if anyone uses this services and what the actually fees are Hi Shane,For our eCheck/ACH transactions, which are a debit from the tenant's checking or savings account the fee is a flat $3 per transaction for monthly and bi-weekly payments while weekly recurring payments are $2.