I am the only one who can loose in a situation like that.

This is after maxing out sec. 179 and bonus depreciation.New equipment 8.25% sales tax, 1% heavy use tax. 2% excessive diesel use tax.My equipment fleet worth 2.5mm taxed at 3% year.Heavy use tax on each truck $4,000.00Property taxes 3% and on and onI constantly read this forum and many others to learn as I only have a 10th grade education.

Be cautious about large areas of loose tile.

Attempting to take all you can is not underwriting.HMLs aren't banks, they can't borrow through the federal reserve, they have a limited amount of money to work with and while it does make perfectly good sence to maximize profits at the highest utilization of assets, being excessive is not in the public good, nor is it for the industry or themselves in the long run.

I owned a couple rentals back in the 80's but sold when I moved for my job.I have considerable assets, just built a ranch and house with cash, will appraise for about 500.My income is in excess of 300 and I have plenty in the stock market.My job is temporary and will last about 18 more months.I would like to purchase some SFH to cash flow.

I think when you take over, and begin being more strict, you may loose some tenants.

All that debt will be a good deal when you get to pay it back with cheaper dollars after the impending inflation from the government's policy of cheap money kicks in.When you need to buy the wife's car buy a used car for cash-- car loan rates appear cheap but they are not because you're borrowing money for an asset that looses value rapidly.

1) You get the cash flow now instead of having to wait til retirement - at which time you'll have to pay taxes on it when you pull it out.2) You can leverage that money to buy more properties.3) Real estate income is pretty much tax free anyway so what do you really gain by leaving it in a tax free vehicle that is only temporarily tax free - you'll pay when you end up pulling that real estate out of the 401k. example with some VERY loose guestimates on the numbers:100k buys you one house (worth about 130k) free and clear in your 401k.

There were also a handful of loans to trusts made by WaMu and a few other extinct banks during the mid-2000's period of loose/cheap money.Title holding trusts, of the sort commonly used by real estate investors in my area, offer first level privacy for investor types and convenience of administration, but no real asset protection.

if you loose $6k on your first deal...you just paid $6k to learn more than ANY mentor could teach you.