to play judge between your buyer and his agents.When you execute an agreement (when everyone signs a contract), the commission will get paid to the agent/broker representing the buyer, as indicated on the contract.

As Jon indicated, you can include certain purchase costs into the basis.

If the units are individually metered, what utilities are the owners usually responsible for?

Hi, I was wondering if sending yellow letters was mostly used just for sfh and individual property owners.

This indicates an expense ratio of about 33%, which is extremely low unless you're doing the property management and maintenance yourself (in which case, you need to factor that time/effort into your equation).The reason your expense ratio seems so low is that you have just rehabbed a couple units and just started filling vacancies.

And the caliber of individual you will deal with is so low you'll wish you never started.

Regarding individual fees, both companies get multiple quotes and get my approval before starting work.

If you have an individual seller, you can probably make it work.

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To me, a bad inspection report says "water heater was working at time of inspection with no noted issues" while a good one says "although water heater was fully functional at time of inspection, the serial number indicates it was manufactured in 1997 and therefore may be near the end of its useful life".