Mr Graham did not charge Warren a dime, but yet Warren had nothing to bring to the table expect his time, hard work and passion for what Mr.

So what I'm asking is how can I make sure the house will sale before I put a single dime into the property.?  

In my opinion a 10 cap is low based on the high risk factors and should be closer to a 15 cap at least, I would not pay a dime over $400,000 as a serious investor.

By keeping a variety of measures in my lease/policy I can deflect claims that I am trying to nickle and dime my tenants. 

I'm not saying these people would step on a widow's back to make a dime, I am saying they want more and more assets to where the goal is the building out of a small empire.

Not that I would advise you to put every last dime into a deal with no reserve capital left but a $75k downpayment for an investment property that you do not occupy would give you a $300k loan (I'm assuming a 25% down payment and a conventional mortgage). $300k doesn't buy much in this city unfortunately.

@Garrett Hawk"Look at dollars, not dimes" --- in reference to spending money/paying fees to grow

I think you have two very distinct things going on here.. you have folks that have no real formal real estate training and they are simply investing in rentals.. and then someone like me who is in the business owned real estate companies owned mortgage companies own's a building company .. and HML company.. all related to real estate but not one dime comes from rental income..

This site will make your success possible, and you don't have to pay a dime for it.

We don’t nickel and dime each other, what’s mine is his and vis versa.