Apparently, one of the requirements to be a moderator is to be excessively good looking?

We get in the car and ride out to view a property and there is a dry hole where the pond is supposed to be.

:D There's kinda cashflow and then there's cashflow (Just like mostly dead and all dead).I will say this - if a person can start from the 1% perspective, they will very quickly eliminate a lot of shark realtors and developers and will actually start to find an area where cashflow in excess of the 1% is possible.

It seems that owning rental units is pretty cut and dry.

I met him one day when he stopped at my house to grab an old washer and drying off my lawn.

The condo conversion market was hot 2 years ago but has really dried up lately.

Operating expenses include taxes, insurance, management, maintenance, vacancy expenses, advertising, utilities paid by the owner (at least during vacancies, rehab, etc), evictions, court costs, entity maintenance, legal fees, common area upkeep, lawn care, snow removal, office supplies, damage done by the tenants (in excess of the deposit), lawsuits, capital expenses (although not technically an operating expense), etc, etc, etc.

We keep the late fees (which covers the sometimes excessive extra time spent sending notices, knocking on doors, following up and chasing the money up to the point of initiating an eviction); evictions once turned over to the attorney are billed same as other vendors.

This could easily eat up your entire $7,500 downpayment plus any monthly excess.

Even in the absense of any details on your loan request, I suspect I know who your mortgage lady is using---just a couple of questions to see if my suspicions are correct:- Are your FICOs in excess of 620?