I just posted an article on our website last week titled, "5 Tips to Reduce Your Property Tax Assessment."

As much as I feel I'm wasting my time doing them, it at least shows the owner I'm earning my pay.Ali Boone Thanks for the nod!

Advantages: Knowing about market changes immediately, paying half a commission on sales, earning a commission when buying, looking up expired listings of the home before attending an auction, control of how your houses look on the MLS, looking at properties on your timetable, not your agent's.Disadvantages: Attending required continuing education classes (some are actually useful though).

But we are finding with certain risk weighted factors, many investors who are currently earning 1.5% on their CDs would love to earn between 9-11% per year.

By reducing the interest rate, you can create a larger arbitrage for yourself which is also good.I would also agree with others that you need to shop this loan and get a better rate and or lower fees.

Tenants want to save money so they overload them, reducing the length of time between servicing.

Pay 3% on the additional money to the money guy, that reduces your profit by 1 1/2% if you start out even and currently, no imputed tax to the lender.

I'm thinking about getting a bigger line of credit in my credit card, like another grand or two, to try and bring that available credit up higher thereby reducing my revolving credit utilization.

You know you are in a real estate puddle when you can buy a property and earn 15% when using the 50% rule.During a real estate puddle, it is easy to find properties that beat the 2% rule.A real estate puddle, as opposed to permanent flooding, is represented by a competitive local market, where there is a stable population. ie.

In some places you can earn 20% Cash on cash.