Does size of mortgage paydown become a factor here?

The ideal location for your first investment often depends on a combination of factors like budget, market growth, and your personal goals.

And just so you know, here are some of the factors an agent will look at to figure that out:Market Conditions: If the market is slower, going all in on staging can make your home look move-in ready and attractive to buyers who may otherwise be hesitant.

Factor in carrying costs (utilities, taxes, insurance).2.

An LLC is potentially one minor factor that might contribute to the evidence that you are running your rental activity as a trade or business, but it's definitely not required that you have an LLC to qualify.

Use a 20% vacancy/tenant nonperformance factor in your analysis.

He told us his hourly wage (when he hilariously tried to charge us money for him doing math to correct our "mistakes"), and so that $800 represented a 40-hour work week. 

If your goal is passive income, it's not going to be in New Jersey when you factor in cost to purchase, management costs, and rent to price ratio, but what you can get is steady appreciation.

I could be wrong due to glancing and it is only noted here as some investors may evaluate deals with that as a factor.

I still think this is just like factoring accounts receivable .