Here in Texas solar panels decrease average electric bills in the summer by $100-150 a month, and that is quite a bit of money that could be used to pay me.

AAGLA was apparently the source of a significant part of the money HJTPA used to get Prop. 13 passed, but their influence has been decreasing.   

Even if you are filing an extension I have tried to put some things together here that will help you DECREASE your personal tax liability and INCREASE your income for qualifying for a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac type of loan.This post is designed to help persons who may need a Fannie/Freddie loan on a 1-4 unit property.

@Derek Robinson You can work on automating as many pieces of the business as possible and decreasing the amount of time you spent on it.

Most individuals/partnerships won’t have the money for all cash purchase, not to mention I’m not sure how many would be inclined to use all cash as it decreases your returns.

The most obvious and easiest way to decrease your mortgage payment would be to 1) Decrease the purchase price of your home, 2) Put up more of a down payment (i.e. put 20% down instead of 5% down on a conventional loan. 

The real estate market in Portland is showing signs of life.Closed sales in Feb. 2010 were up 18.4% compared to Feb. 2009; however this increase in sales came at a high price for sellers and property owners: a 9.3% decrease in the median price of a home over the past 12 months ($235,000 from $259,000).

By investing 10% with investors a PM would want to increase rents, and decrease expenses.

Also, the flip side of the equation is if you decrease expenses by renegotiating operating expense costs, billing residents back for utilities, reducing turnovers and vacancy, putting in energy efficient light bulbs and plumbing fixtures, or ANY other way to cut operating expenses, you increase the value of your property.Increasing Multifamily ValueSo let’s look at our example one last time.

Are you doing anything for them like lawn or snow that they can take on for this cost decrease?