The house sat on the market for 6 months before I decided to keep it as a rental but I am not attributing that tenant to the gumball machine

Could this be attributed to the turnaround of the housing market here or the back to school rush?  

So, provide the link, and prove to everyone that what you attributed to me is true.

It sounds like the premiums in rent you are getting can be attributed to any number of things that you did to improve the property.

Hopefully there are some attributes from my poker career that will translate into helping me with Real Estate investing, and I'll be sure to check out J Scott's profile.

I believe that it is becoming a more popular attribute for people buying homes for the low to no maintenence and look.

I found a bunch that were in a price range that didn't seem too scary, and made notes about their main attributes (number of beds, baths, etc).

Work with your agent to do a favorable BPO, then share those comps, as well as all the great attributes and improvements to the property.

$10,000 (50% Gross Income) -$ 1,000 Real Estate (50%)-$ 160 Insurance (50%)-$ 1,000 Property Management (50%)-$ 500 Maintenance (50%)-$ 1,818 Depreciation (50%)-$ 4,550 Interest (100% attributable to leveraged portion)--------$ 972 Profit for UBIT calculation.The first $1,000 is Tax Exempt and in this instance a 990-T would not even need to be filed.IF the leveraged portion of the SD IRA made a profit of more than $1,000, they are still taxed at Trust levels.

@Claude Diamond I am so enthralled by your post, and that you attribute your success to mentorship.