The combined costs for grading, surplus disposal, gravel base, asphalt, curb and gutter, manholes, sewer laterals, and sidewalks could easily be $200 per linear foot for a 20' wide street.

Pay attention to the next slide.Each one, outbound marketing and inbound marketing have its strengths and weaknesses.BUT, when you combine them, together, you get a very powerful marketing system.Basically.

Meanwhile the only properties I've sold were the ones that had really great cash flow on the magic spreadsheet, but in reality they had so many tenant and capex issues that they rarely spun off positive cashflow in reality so I decided to get rid of them despite the ROE and COC being great (on paper). 

Will I use this skill on a regular basis, or rarely?

Hi Matthew, Some investors may allow up to a 90% combined loan to value assuming credit and income is enough to support the loan. 

We make $205k combined.

they never redeem it would be very rare. 

@Amanda BahilThis is one of the rare times I'm going to disagree with @JD Martin.I think splitting the difference and losing a month's rent with this boondoggle, if you can ascertain that it is really what the tenant says it is (which does sound doubtful), is the way to go.You've got to work the landlord-tenant relationship.

Yes, unfortunately, the issue you had is a rare one, and one that will happen with any software you use, or any credit card processor you use to collect rent.

There are a couple other rare exceptions too.