. $500/month expenses - Taxes, insurance, landlord paid utilities, management fees, routine maintenance costs (pest control, snow shoveling, etc), apartment turnover costs (locks, cleaning, paint, repairs, vacancy, etc), saving for capital expenses (roof, windows, furnace, applianes, etc)

I would also ask your attorney to get a confirmation in writing from her that she is foregoing her commission.This seems like a routine sale. 

Also, some key tips or routines that you found beneficial to your life.

I was recently injured at work, and spent the last two months attending PT 3x a week and routine DR.

The property is 30-45 min away, so we need to build into our expenses at the very least a handy man and a maintenance man for emergencies and then routine lawn care and the like. 

How do you stay accountable to your REI actions, what do you routinely measure for success and how often do you measure it? 

Let’s say average rent in Boston is $3,000 and it’s $1,000 in Tampa... your 6% in Boston is $180 and it’s $100 in Tampa.Same amount of work for $80 lessHopefully that helps illustrate that it isn’t apples to apples to compare based on percentages only.By the way we are seeing 8+caps here routinely.

Until recently, I’ve been inconsistently looking at deals and learning about real estate until I listened to Podcast 157 with Hal Elrod a couple of weeks ago and have found his morning routine to be really energizing.

I have gone through the usual routine of reading every book I can get my hands on and will continue to do so but I am ready to get out of the so called "analysis paralysis" and start my career in investing and I am hoping that the  BP community can help me on my journey.

I am looking to get into it myself, i've started working my first job out of college and its not for me, I cant stand working for other people, the repetitive schedule is driving me crazy, same routine every day!.