Some random items regarding railroad tracks.Determine what sort of trains run there: commuter rail vs. freight.

They are also subject to random audits by the State.

The nice part about Homepath is that there is no PMI.Here is a random set of numbers at 10% vs 20% down on a fictitious property:10% of 59k purchase with 5k in closing costs Mortgage Rate 5.00%Length of Mortgage in years 30Monthly Mortgage payment $285.05 Taxes $83.33Sewer and Water $100.00Trash $-Heat/Utilities $-HOA $-Cap Ex and Ops $150.00Insurance $65.00Mgmt Fee $90.00Vacancy $72.00Total Expenses $845.39Unit 1 $900.00Cashflow/month $54.61Cash on Cash Return 5.75%20% of 59k purchase with 5k in closing costsMortgage Rate 5.00%Length of Mortgage in years 30Monthly Mortgage payment $253.38 Taxes $83.33Sewer and Water $100.00Trash $-Heat/Utilities $-HOA $-Cap Ex and Ops $150.00Insurance $65.00Mgmt Fee $90.00Vacancy $72.00Total Expenses$813.71Unit 1 $900.00Cashflow/month $86.29Cash on Cash Return 5.99%

I always think of someone buying a car; I listed it for $15k and this random person is offering more?

Just be straight up and honest about it right away when random extras pop up.

If you go to yellowletters.com (picking a letter service at random, not picking on YL);  and buy their list of absentee or vacant you will find lots and lots of those post cards return undeliverable etc. 

LEDs last over 10 years(some over 20-30 yrs) in household usage, so if 1 randomly burns out, you’ll notice it at turnover and the cost for a few month’s usage won’t be worth mentioning.Michael

Our offer includes random "oh Sh*t expenses" in case anything out of the blue happens.

Love to use a biggerpockets member verse a random person!

Those random special assessment fees will kill you on older condos.