Sometimes the best investments are the ones you wait for.Here’s the kicker: utilities and zoning can make or break these plays.

The mountain house has taken almost 2 years of breaking even and using some of the income on improvements until we have been able to cash flow.

LOLLet's break this down, shall we.

The trust supposed to pay 100% back billions in tax if violated, but the IRS gave them a break after this whole game collapsed our economy.

When I have provided it, I write it in the lease that it's not included in the lease and I'm providing it as a courtesy only and if the tenant wants to use it they may and if it breaks down, I won't be replacing it.Allen

I'm currently looking at using a VA loan for purchasing a duplex to live in one side & rent the other.However in this market, it seems like even after I move out & into another property, most of the duplexes I've looked at won't be positive cash flowing, or break even.

Detroit is appreciating rapidly, due to many factors, and it still cash flows or at least allows you to operate near break even.

To scale successfully you have to get past the point where your newly increased expenditures exceed your increased revenue; past the point where your ROI allows you to “break even” on your investment, and past the point where the ROI is worth the increased risk, the increased aggravation, time, and “lifestyle” change, and past the point where you can step back from “operations” and concentrate on management.  

Originally I was planning on buying a multi family in the area I live in, but after reviewing my lease, I’ve found that I really can’t break it and I have 8 months left on it.

Higher risk structures can achieve higher IRRs, but can also break even or even lose money.