I tweaked it to use the 50% of rent for expenses (maybe that's the problem).

You might be able to tweak/revise it to do what you need.

Their level 2 technicians had us tweak some router settings and that has helped, but it's still not resolved the issue we've had with VoIP calling.

although i am sure its true when we were searching for homes i kept stumbling upon these fixer uppers that i wished i could have gotten. although they needed some tweaking on the numbers and i don't know the real fix up costs vs. my guesstimates of them i would say that with an add't 20-30% off the current asking price they may have been good investments...the point of that ramble is that these houses seemed to be speaking to me. the neighborhoods were not GREAT but they were in the lower-middle class and still on the "good" side (as my realtor said). i actually saw that one of the houses that i looked at 2 1/2 months ago is still on the market!

Post your new letter and we can help you “tweak” it too!

If I finance $70K and pay the rest in cash, my monthly is just at $500.if $650, projected annual return is $3910 assuming the above numbers hold and 100% occupancy (risky assumption)if I drop $20K into the place in cash, my monthly payment is $500, and yearly return is $5710, again assuming a perfect world and full occupancy.The best tweak I could see to the above numbers would be investing in separate on-demand heaters for each unit so that the propane cost was passed on, though I haven't looked into area rents enough to know if that would be competitive. 

I apologize if this has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread but I couldn't peruse the whole thing and wanted to offer one tweak which helped improve our "show-up" rate.  

I think the key here, is finding a solution or tweaking your current solution so that it is UNDESIRABLE for them to walk away.

Hey @Louise Whidby - I'm not real good with the Probate stuff, but for internet marketing, check out this post (my first ever on BP)Using Facebook Advertising to Super-Charge Your Real Estate Investing (it's more about selling, but could be tweaked for finding deals also!)

You can try tweaking your ad before making that decision.