., typically has longer term tenants$(1,056) 8% prop. management, although will self manage foreseeable future$(1,535) prop. taxes$(840) prop. insurance$(600) trash - this could be removed, he is providing a dumpster but city has free trash$(1320) snow removal & lawn care, tiny yard---------$(7,331) total annual property expenses, not including mortgage$(3,543) Mortgage 30yr, 5% fixed, $68k purchase price, 20%down =54k mortgage --------$(10,874) total expenses including mortgage$13,200 total ANNUAL Rents------------$2326 - annual cashflow (average $193/mo), $15,000 - upfront cash invested, the 20% down on mortgage + 2k closing, misc. $2,280 - additional annual cashflow potential through expense cutting and rent increasesthere is about $7k of differed maintenance of mainly cosmetic interior updates/flooring once the long term tenants eventually move out.

The Entry Only or Flat Fee model is not for everyone and there are a ton of very good and very professional Listing Agents out there that are worth the money .... but unfortunately they are not the majority. ....and Entry Only listings are just a tiny fraction of the market (much less than 1%) so no need to concern...keep doing what you are doing, ethically and professionally and you will always have good paying listings.

However, this DR marketer said they started with a tiny little classified ad and grew slowly from there as they tested and tweaked their message.

So if your house listing looks tiny, and all that text is a messs and you have to scroll, pinch, and expand.. you are losing the game.

I only use a tiny portion of what it is capable of doing.

This example shows a tiny dollar amount, but if you buy in one of the locations where the RTT is 4% or 5% you can have better results.

That may be a tiny part of it, but I think the other major factor here is that there are so few good comps in the areas where I'm selling that appraisers would rather use other comps of mine (because they are good) as opposed to bad comps from other sellers.My guess is that if there were other good comps out there, appraisers would certainly prefer not to use all of mine over the others...it's just worth noting that appraisers aren't going to screw me (and hopefully others) by using bad comps when the alternative is using my own comps.

It can be a tiny text.

The only job I could get was in Philadelphia so I moved there all on my own, not knowing a soul, and the old Mercury Marquis I'd had since I was 18 and bought for $2500 was not gonna parallel park in the tiny places available where I lived.

@Tin- I understand the psychology of goal setting.