The second time i reached out he was interested in selling so I quickly sent him an agreement and got the deal under contract.

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Germain, part of having a great cleaner, and great reviews as a result, is taking great care of your cleaner, which in addition to paying them well and quickly means also setting them up for success.

Your first purchase can be lower price point, but look to move past that zone quickly.

The most valuable part is your interest rate and in 10 years you’ll be so happy that you didn’t take the short term quick cash.

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I have seen referral offerings from PM companies ranging from $500 to half of first month's rent to full first month's rent going to the agent for referring a client.PM isn't as common within my niche of small multifamily (2-4 unit) properties in New York but this is what I've seen.A quick google search shows that $250 is a common referral fee.Curious to see what other agents across BP are seeing...Hope this helps!

If you do your own taxes and use TurboTax or a similar site, there are prompts that will guide you how to treat these expenses for tax purposes. 

It will be nice to be splitting this and it gas historically improved quickly.  

If you keep going east places like Little Rock or Memphis will cash flow with less down but these markets won't appreciate as quickly as TX.