If this is a franchise of some type, then it's usually guaranteed by the corporation, so if the tenant leaves, the corp takes over responsibility.It will take you 18 years to recover your cost of $700k.The property can appreciate all it wants, but unless you sell the property, or refi (which will probably kill your cash flow), that appreciation is just window dressing. 

(And they do) If we get a ticket, we always pay it promptly, but then recover it from the Tenants. 

So, assuming this tenant is already paying market rent you will never recover those additional costs and make less money.

Better to invest that cash into a new deal because even if the value recovers the investor would recover the same in a new investment as in the existing.  

If you have a down year, the answer can really hurt you the following year, making it harder to recover.

While I'm still recovering from my injuries and learning to walk again, I refuse to let these obstacles hold me back.One area where I see potential is in real estate.

That means in this case you would need to translate that "5" into actual dollars of cash flow per month, then multiply by 12 for the year.Now divide the cash you put in (actual cash, not the percentage) and that will tell you how long it will take you to recover your cost, and where that "cash flow" is now real, and not just a recovery of cost.So, on these cash flow deals (especially the ones you put in 30% of the purchase price), how long will it take you before you recover your cost (the cash you put in,...the DP)?

The insurer says that the CC on file keeps getting denied.The borrower is failing to respond to calls/texts/emails/letters regarding the situation.The mortgage that was signed/recorded permits the lender to recover any charges associated with the need to apply this type of insurance policy, but doesn't specify how those charges are to be recoveredIn this example, the annual premium for the FPI that I (Lender) paid is roughly $1000.

The negative value with respect to the cost of building is such that it can consume years of cash flow to recover.  1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

Once you give those notices, you typically start an ejectment action instead of a foreclosure action to recover a possession.