The sooner the better in my opinion though, there are tons of investors waiting on rates to drop before they get into the marketplace so when they do that's going to bring so much demand back into the marketplace it'll cause prices to increase at a much faster pace again.You can take advantage of the market that isn't as favorable right now and negotiate a great deal and still refinance in the next few years to help improve your position.

Valid reasons might include increased operating costs, property improvements, or market trends.Fairness and market rates: Rent increases should generally be reasonable and in line with market rates for similar properties in the area.

Our strategy is to improve the property and raise rents above the HUD rate. 

My goals are to close on two real estate deals, improve my physical fitness, finish my masters degree, and I am getting married in may so I want to start off my marriage well and enjoy life with my fiance!

My goal with that is to foster an environment where college students can better prepare themselves financially by improving their financial literacy and exposing them to different types of investments early on.

Then you can clean/remove the mold and the problem won't come back.The most common source of moisture is lack of ventilation in the bathrooms or condensation on windows in the winter.

Overall, he seems to want to do a basic cost seg for me on the FF&E and Capital Improvements and leave the original basis of the property on the conventional depreciation schedule.I would love some feedback, personal experience, thoughts on this matter.

You'll definitely want to do your own shopping and due diligence.There is a lot more to this and you'll definitely want to invest time and resources to creating and improving your internal systems.

I also was wondering if I could use the heloc to make improvements to the property as well?

I see people buying rentals in my area for 3,7,8% COC return and the houses stay in poor condition because the landlord has no capital to spend on repairs/improvements.