In contrast, single-family homes attract families with children, who stay an average of five years and take care of the property.

Perhaps the numbers will turn out to be much better, but I'd be careful to not let your personal love for the area lure you into an investment that you might someday loathe due to ill performance coupled with management headaches.

Take care everyone.

Usually, tenants are receptive to the idea but I also wonder if tenants with a higher credit score care less about this feature than ones with a lower credit score who are actively working to rebuild their credit?

Most seller finance notes have interest rates in the 9-10%+ range.Also, 5% down is very little skin in the game for the borrower.

The system is what's really broken:1) S8 should have a time limit - get free housing to get your life in order and move on.2) S8 should have strong requirements for taking care of the home taxpayers are paying the rent for. --- We haven't seen a S8 inspection report in over a decade that required a tenant to fix damages they obviously caused.

I took a few years out of work to take care and spend time with a family member whp passed, so I have only been working for a year now.

.- Good luck getting them to pay their portion for the duration of their lease- Be careful including utilities in the rent as they then won't care about a running toilet resulting in a $500 water bill.- S8 tenants don['t want to pay application fees- S8 tenants cry broke about paying security deposits- S8 tenants in the program for 10+ years claim ignoreance on filling out their paperwork because they've learned a desperate landlord will do it for them.If you want a S8 tenant, you MUST advertise on www.AffordableHousing.com

Who cares?

., Memphis TN 38109 38128 is good for rentals.  38109 you have to be careful where.