The only difference is you are paying interest and amortizing principle with financing.Your vacancy calculation considers the cost of just holding the property: insurance, taxes, utilities, maintenance.

At some point in time 1031 into a nice house you later convert into your primary residence.  1031 into totally passive 1031 compliant instruments that simply provide cash flow to you from not only your principle but also all the deferred tax.Whew!

I was reading Ray Dalio Principles  and they reference his video here: https://www.bridgewater.com/research-library/how-t...Its a 30 minute watch on how the economy works.  

Principle aside, I doubt this will have much effect of landlord profits or lead to a mass exodus of landlords in Oregon. 7% plus CPI is an almost 10% yearly increase plus you can reset to market rates when a tenant leaves.If a landlord needs a more than 10% yearly increase in rent to make the numbers work then they priced the rental way too low to begin with or there is some other issue going on.I don’t love the legislation but it’s not going to mean much long term in terms of investor confidence or rental property valuations.

Wannabe investor here with my sights set on Colorado.

Hi all, as some of you know from my prior posts, I'm currently writing a novel that teaches principles of financial independence.As part of my research, I was looking into real estate auctions.

I don't see an end in sight.

The bank will also count 100% of principle residence mortgage unless you said it was a rental and proved income from it. 

I did read the "rich dad poor dad" book, and it basically amplified my sight on what I was already looking at. 

@Steve Vaughan Respectfully, throwing "millennials" into a category of people who had no responsibilities and thus not impacted by the financial crisis is short sighted.