I know someone will point out the "tax benefits" of paying interest to the bank but, that "tax break" can be obtained by making an equal donation to my church-paying the bank a DOLLAR to avoid payig the IRS TWENTY FIVE CENTS makes no cents.5.

and you can see that by the fact that if you asked a HML 3 to 5 years ago for a ground up spec loan it would have been flat NO.. now becasue the banks have not come roaring back into the space that has left a void and you can now get ground up from HML .. although qualifications are tougher than for a fix and flip.Regardless once the media starts to talk about how real estate is not going to be the catalyst to the recession we will at some point enter..

Twenty-four hours is presumed to be a reasonable notice in the absence of evidence to the contrary.(9) Promptly commence an action under Chapter 1923. of the Revised Code, after complying with division (C) of section 5321.17 of the Revised Code, to remove a tenant from particular residential premises, if the tenant fails to vacate the premises within three days after the giving of the notice required by that division and if the landlord has actual knowledge of or has reasonable cause to believe that the tenant, any person in the tenant's household, or any person on the premises with the consent of the tenant previously has or presently is engaged in a violation as described in division (A)(6)(a)(i) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code, whether or not the tenant or other person has been charged with, has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of, or has been determined to be a delinquent child for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation as described in that division.

In Cincinnati, if a street permit is needed because there is less then a ten foot wide by twenty-foot long area to put the dumpster it takes about 48-72 hours to get the dumpster delivered.

(Mostly) there are maybe twenty door sizes that look exactly the same size as the the other.

Today, or twenty five years ago.I started at age 44 with a cashed out 401k that totaled $90,000 after all the penalties.Three years late at 47 years old I have 28 rental units with a yearly profit of $91,000 and rental income of $200,000.I wonder what my 401k would have paid me per year if i left it in and retired at the young age of 65?

Twenty percent is "typically the minimum that would at least cover rehab costs, carrying costs, and other expenses incurred by the flipper," said Daren Blomquist, RealtyTrac senior vice president.http://time.com/money/4364196/house-flippers-lose-...

Those who flipped a hundred homes, fifty or even twenty, and could show you their performance, and their ROI.

I agree that those who got started in RE in their twenties are way ahead..... if only I would have known back then what I know now, but I am thankful for what I have been learning the past few years.

WOW, a very good tenant. your obligation for notice is by state statute, if it's twenty days.