So it's crucial that you present this information tactfully (and it helps immensely to have an agent experienced with these types of negotiations).I've found that the real value often lies in the potential cap rate.

I have plans to create a retail African/Caribbean import store inside my salon which the space has been built but haven't had a chance to stock the merchandise in it yet while I'm too busy servicing clients.

No way could the brothers afford an attorney to evict them all, so they were forced to sell it to a nonprofit housing group at a price of $900,000, losing $400,000 from their retirement.BostonRENT STRIKE # 2Click here for FULL STORYThis Boston landlord, who wishes to remain unnamed, isan African immigrant with a family of five.

@Dan Heuschele I couldn't agree more on being able to pivot and remain flexible and I believe that applies to all forms of investing, and that's kind of funny that you mention that, I've spent a fair amount of time trying to convince my lady to move up to Alaska to take high paying jobs to stack cash (and enjoy the immense beautiful landscape) while we're relatively young.

The gross income multiplier cannot be used to evaluate if it's a good deal or not since expenses can vary immensely depending on who's paying for heating and electricity cost for instance (tenant or landlord).

I needed to find something that cash flowed off the bat so I could build some reserves for the reno and everyone in this thread was immensely helpful.I ended up using 50% expenses and looking for at least $100/door as my metric. 

We now have a someone renting an area of our house that we almost never went in, and it is helping immensely with our bills.All in all, during these transactions - I learned how much sense real estate makes.

The crime is rampant as the Zimbabweans are flooding in as the young South Africans are fleeing across the globe in search of opportunity of finding a real job that they can't land at home.

Only because of their immense lobbying power were they able to get some carve out provisions.The two biggest players, one the proponent and the other opponent, referred to this as an all out "WAR".

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