Lastly, you can choose only to accept bank transfers (or automatic transfers, but requires extra set up) and offer incentives so you're not getting charged a fee. 

Longview is 40 minutes north of Portland, OR ,and values here are rising quickly due to Portland's crazy real estate bubble....Here are the logistics:Original purchase price: $135,000Outstanding balance: $131,000Estimated current value: $200,000Mortgage payment: $950Current Estimated income from renting both units: $1700Property management cut: 8%If I sell the unit, I would try to reinvest the earnings into another duplex property in Dallas, TXI'm looking for some advice....

I also knocked 100 off the rent per unit just to be extra safe.

Business Analyst, Pharmacy Technician, Bricklayer) get paid by the hour/year, and get no bonuses for their extra success at their role.My suggestion at this point is to find money that can buy rentals.

Julian Joseph sure anyone can play devils advocate and say investing makes sense if you can earn 8 percent or whatever while paying 4 percent on your loans.

It seems like there are enough properties build in the 80s and 90s that could earn much higher rents with updated flooring/kitchen/bath set ups.

If I'm putting in extra work to evict people, you would think there would be some sort of large difference in returns.

You can also immediately rent out extra rooms in your home even if it's a FHA loan (in case that is something you or another reader is considering).

Can I have a side agreement with the Seller that after closing they will distribute an extra $10,000 back to me?

In order for that would work is if that place earned enough of a positive cash flow every month.