Also the rule of thumb in question is pretty weak because tax rates, hoa dues, and insurance are such huge variables when getting to your net.

Use BP, your real estate team, or whatever resources you can find to offset any weaknesses you have and help you achieve your goal.

I also don't want them to train me to drive over to collect rent if their mail is late or lost.I don't care about the late fees and thus I have been linient but now I see it can come across as weak and unbusiness like.

When I borrow money on my credit cards to the limit I hardly ever get the same kudos.At some point we are going to have higher inflation tied to any strong recovery, or stagflation tied to continued high unemployment in a weak recovery.

If upon closer inspection they seem weak or diseased pay the $250 to an Arborist to come out and give you an opinion on what can/should be done to them.

Just yesterday I had a wholesaler call me up and offer me a house for $80K, in a weak neighborhood, that rented for $1000 mo.

Weak years for the first two of those five hurt the value.

In the latter case, knowing how to do the work yourself can save you a lot of out-of-pocket expenses.If that's not the route you want to go, then I'd be hitting up my weak connections extremely hard to try to find that next job.

@Jenny Cross You will spend more on his weak seminar, that could be used on an actual investment.

It is probably a strengh and weakness.