As the tax code is concerned all of the costs to create your rental property business (buying it and making it usable for it's intended use) and one in the same. 

I would be concerned if someone regularly gave freely of their time, considering TIME is the most valuable resource we have.

When 99% of transactions have commissions above 2%, it's essentially a fixed rate, not a truly negotiable one.I respectfully disagree with the concern about "buyers that don't have money to pay a commission to buyer agents."

My concern is about the veracity of what the tenant reported.

I'm more concerned on if it's going to be a good deal or not.

It minimized vacancy risks and kept things amicable.Address Tenant Concerns CalmlyI’ve found that tenants often feel more cooperative when they understand the landlord’s perspective.

I've always found inventory rates (and how they've moved over time ie previous 1-2 years) to be the starting point for where a market's health is at.

While OOS investing can be very challenging due to unfamiliarity with the location, building a team of professionals that you trust can help to alleviate those concerns.

Several factors indicate the company is not that concerned about efficiency or ease of customer process: the website, a process that seemed to focus on one issue at a time instead of all issues at once, and consistently poor communications and lack of common sense from the loan analyst we were assigned.It started off very well with the initial point of contact, Austin Lornson, who did a fine job of explaining the general refinancing process, responding quickly and thoroughly to our questions.

I am not obsessing over numbers right now, more concerned with doing the right kind of work and building something sustainable.