Also I always aim for, and teach other investors to not settle for less than $300 per month cash-flow minimum unless unforeseen obstacles occur.

Should one or two small investments become challenging, it will be less financially harmful to you and more easily corrected.

Expect the what-ifs - they will occur.

Sounds pretty negligible to me.That being said, there's no harm in continuing to call the smaller banks to try and find better terms.

Secondly, the bond market reduced some of its "fear factor" premium as news stories made it clear that a U.S. strike against Syria would not occur during the week.

Hey @Wes Brumit ... although I ultimately agree with the others here that say "dont waste your breath" and that the agent friend just doesn't know what they are talking about in this regard, I ran across this info that I thought would be helpful:"The double escrow or "flip" occurs when a party lines up a buyer for property willing to pay more than the amount for which the Escrowee is able to purchase it.

That may be true at Costco but in RE discounts occur as a function of cause and effect.

I forgot to add, you will then have to file with the sheriff to enforce the writ (another fee), and the tenant will have about 10 days to get out before the padlocking occurs (if they don't leave on their own). if they leave stuff behind you have to keep it for at least 10 days after the padlocking.

So there's no harm in offering what you're comfortable paying now - the worst they can say is no!

The South Platte river crested at 18 feet last night and the highest it has been recorded before was 11.7 feet, flooding occurs at 10 feet.