The downstairs tenant is being too sensitive.....tell then that.

Simply understanding how taxes will impact my investment has increased my returns by 14.2% ([$3,000-2,625]/2,625).Once you understand your "= $0 tax" number, you can run sensitivity analysis to determine exactly how much pre-tax money will increase your returns.

$SLBSo if you're markets where your rentals are worth 2x (or more) what you paid for them since the 2010s bottom, and/or you're in commodities (oil, natgas, coal) sensitive areas, then yeah, probably time to be a bit more conservative when thinking about adding more debt to the balance sheet. 

And from what I see and hear, foreign investors pay cash for US real estate regardless of projected returns, they see US property as a safe investment and are not hyper-sensitive to getting a large return, just protecting their capital.  

In my tax business, there is a lot of value in notarizing time-sensitive documents for that reason - for example, corporate resolutions.

I think their filters are smaller and more sensitive to lack of changing.

ever since law became an industry, the world has been plagued by lawyers, and overly-sensitive politically correct "vicitms."

The podcast is full of great information as well.I don't want to seem like I am against being educated, because education is definitely a good thing, however, I am extremely sensitive to people paying tons of money when they really didn't need to do so to become successful in real estate.Attending free or low-cost REIA meetings is also a good idea so you can network with other successful investors.Best of luck to you in your investing career!!

Now the above calculation is incredibly sensitive to the time frame used.

I realize this is a sensitive topic and invokes passion on all sides but let's keep it civil to keep it open.