Typically we get paid our assignment at closing and the earnest money put down by the buyer is held by the title company in case a seller backs out. 

This 3.8% decrease is a gentle reminder of the market’s natural ups and downs.% Paid in Cash: Cash transactions made up 24.6% of sales, down from last year’s 26.6%.

The down side of purchasing our PR in this area is the mortgage payments would be quite high, preventing us from saving anything toward a future investment. 

Have you noticed a slow down in bookings in recent months?   

In my opinion, it boils down to two main things:1.

Is it ever necessary to go down to the studs?  

My down payment is roughly 50% of the properties value.

Interest rate and down-payment requirement

My virtual assistant saves down all of my receipts in the "Date - Amount - Expense Type" format in a folder for each property so we can easily identify which receipt is for which expense. 

Each one you own gives you some quantity of positive cash flow, plus tax write offs, plus mortgage pay-down / equity gain.