Also rents better sometimes with waiting lists :) By the way another advantage of investing in HO county that the quality of tenants has been shown an increase over the years as the "flakes" has been continuously priced out of the area and tend to be moving towards Baltimore County, Glen Burnie etc...and this trend with tenants seems to continue for the foreseeable future as BRAC, Cyber Security, Verizon and other project are bringing more jobs into our area etc.ps I would definitely not buy anything even in first class location UNLESS you can brake even from day one!

We were never really 100% sure until July 26th, 2013.As I was at Brake Check having the usual maintenance done, I stumbled across the day's San Antonio Express-News (paper) and on the headline reads "Valley Green-Card Fraud Alleged".Our investor who within months of opening his Regional office earlier last year recruited up to $100MM in foreign investment funds.It turns out the FBI had been following him in all his activities since last year and are now charging him with wire fraud, money laundering, and transportation of stolen property.Yes we didn't close a deal and yes God saved us from a future pain of unnecessary loss.You may Google "USA Now Regional Office LLC" then click news...

Call Home Depot or Lows and ask them to come out and give you a free estimate. have them brake it down by cost of materials and labor.  

Basically with all listing fees and other our brake even point is around 300K.

No brakes to deal with and it only weighs 1,000 pounds.

Whatever happens, never go through with a deal that doesn't make sense if you have the option to put on the brakes.

I'm willing to be we all get much more asbestos exposure on a daily basis from the brake dust that comes from cars.

If she drove her car into the building damaging it and sent you a letter certified saying her brakes were incorrectly installed it doesn't matter.

Jimmy S.Unless you have specific provisions to the contrary in your lease, I would say the tenant can reasonably assume that the washer was meant to be part of the property he rented and therefore will be repaired by you when it brakes.

I'd pump the brakes a little at that price and amount of repairs needed.There are several duplex's on my MLS with identical numbers that sellers can't seem to unload.By time you factor in Vacancies, Tenant Turnover expenses, Maintenance, and Capital improvements your returns are going to take a pretty good hit.Demand seems to be the big issue with Duplex's in my area.