Paying down a rental property mortgage, especially at todays rates, is tantamount to murdering those poor little green backs. 

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I'm getting a lot of great information and something that seemed like such a mystery is becoming more clear.

I actually hired one to try and get a mysterious charge-off removed at a price of $99 a month and after 6 months, nothing had happened except that my bank account was $600 lower.

Research showed a murder occurred next door in November.

My house in the same county is worth about $290k with $1100 in annual property taxes.I have passed on a number of properties because of the tax implication after converting them to rental properties, particularly in Columbia, SC where dealing with City & county taxes both at the non-homestead higher tax rate simply murders cash flow.

I am not sure what the norm is for Florida but the norm up here is8-10% of gross rents collected1/2 to 1 months rent to fill a vacant unitI have never heard of the $100/mo mystery charge or just taking the first months rent. 

You aren't going to find a reference with these numbers.It made construction much less mysterious once I understood how people were pricing their work.... also kind of eye opening.

Some options to get to the bottom of this mystery are:Seems obvious but....simply ask your agent to walk you through the information on her spreadsheet. 

Figuring out how folks are saving and buying second properties within 2 years based solely on the, in my book, slim margins most folks are okay with (from what I can see) is a mystery.