I have been sending my investor a list of expireds through email but he told me he wanted them in excel so he could set up a mass mail campaign.

A percentage of the rental income is included as part of the underwriting for a loan," says Bill Mullen, president of NE Moves Mortgage in Waltham, Mass.

I work full time as a Software Engr, and I am a licensed real estate broker in NY, Mass and Rhode Island.

In Mass you use a 14 day pay or quit notice for nonpayment of rent.  

-I would assume I shouldn't expect rents to rise to have the "1% rule" make sense, but should i expect decent cashflow from this thing eventually assuming my town doesn't have a mass exodus?

Used to be on a regular basis I'd receive calls from various nitwits extolling the virtues of buying my properties for no money down.Then came the mass-mailings.Man, I'm glad that phase died down.

A for-sale sign stands outside a pre-existing home, in Walpole, Mass., in July.

Tenants tend to use mass transit so selecting properties near bus routes is very important.

The masses in the public domain may well have financing issues with assigned contracts, so investors are your best target market.

I too am new here although not the youngster Bill apparently is and I too did a stint at Boston University although the result was not quite so stellar but that was over three decades ago and I've learned a lot since then.I am thrilled to have found this forum as I begin to develop my Investor muscle.