And personally I put way more weight on buying the right location as a buy and hold investor than saving some dollars on the front end. 

For the value add we're going to fix up the roads, add a nice sign and fence, replace mailboxes, add lights and fix some plumbing leaks.

Buying a nice place for 250k that's worth 250k is less sexy than having equity from day one. 

Originally posted by @Mike Lambert:@Jon Latorre$100k+ sounds nice but it's not the same return whether the property costs $2 million or $5 million.My question was what is the typical rental yield range?

The 2nd person really liked the house and even mentioned how nice the rehab was, relative to comparables they have seen.

She may me a nice person, great employee, perfect family member, and deserving of many platitudes, but she is a freaking lousy tenant!

In my opinion that is rarely necessary for a rental rehab unless perhaps this will be a really nice rental in an upscale area.

I'm weighted towards RE but I have been buying in the public markets recently (stocks, index funds, bonds, REITs, Master Limited Partnerships, Business Development Companies).

It's nice to see you standing for your members.I am not sure how they manage to stay in business and keep creating new companies.

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.