The half duplexes seem to be a bit cheaper to buy than the single detached home though and command a similar rental rate.

So I am very confident that a higher end home in Portland proper could command $3,000 even in a not so hot market.6.

I've been wanting to renovate my home kitchen and bath since I purchased my coop three years ago, but I acquired two multi-families in the fall and have been addicted to making improvements to command higher rents.

Is there anything your property managers are doing that your tenants love and is beneficial to you (commanding higher rent, lower turnover, etc.)?

It is amazing that davis, due to UC there, command a really high price /sf, whereas 15 min away, other cities are a lot lower.To the east, Sacramento is also a lot lower than Davis.Kind of weird.

Tenants are happy with low utilities and the apartments WILL command an increased rent because of the lower utilities.

I would ask them what kind of discounts they command because of their market presence.

Finally, I did my research up front and spent a ton of time on VRBO.com and was able to understand that I could break even at the lowest rent for a 2 bd, 1 bath on my 3bd 2.1 bath home as long as I rented for 50% of the time, my mistake was pricing it this way and being booked so far in advance.In closing, while I believe the numbers for the Vacation/Furnished/Corporate rental are great and command much more than unfurnished, when you take into account the up front furnishing costs, you can chew up $500 a month of income for two years easy just to pay back the furnishing cost.

Forget the civilian authorities, if y'all are still in the military go to his chain of command.

To command a better price along this line, the investor will need to know you won't walk on the second and that may take a few deals to gain that rapport.As a note buyer, I will look to the ability of the borrower to pay as agreed and when I get paid off.