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I'd focus on deciding what you want to do (flip-high risk, but potentially high return...or large loss; short term rental-more work, but higher return than long term rental; long term rental-less work than the other two, but lower return).Once you've decided which you want to do, then focus on getting the best house to meet your goal. 

But because he raised rents each year, and rents were increasing by ridiculous rates, tenants constantly moved, had to sell the property at a loss several years later due to constant vacancies.Finally, the most interesting situation I ran across was a tenant, a 93 year old tenant paying rent on a 2BR apartment for $90/month.

Is it provided by PreREO and who is the loss payee?

They’re like mini-dictatorships; even after you pay them off, HOA fees keep piling up, and it starts feeling like a timeshare.Miami, while beautiful, isn’t known for cash flow unless you have deep pockets to buy beachfront properties and can afford to take losses while waiting for long-term appreciation.

Thanks to this equity growth, we were able to recover much of our initial cashflow loss.

And unlike the borrowers, who fund the whole damn thing, the investors are covered for losses.

I am left feeling that working with them was a wasted investment and decided to cut my losses and move on.

Unfortunately, I see a growing trend of a lot of service members renting their homes at break even rates or at losses.