Is he chargeing you 1pt + 1% origination fee = 2pt or 2% altogetherso if he is making a big commission he is already settling to make 6K in the dealmy ?

If the rent is $1000 per month (just a round number), you should probably set aside about 3X that amount for unexpected repairs or a long vacancy between tenants.

Some companies will also provide a layman's terms recommendation like, "Charge maximum security deposit" or "Renting to this person presents a VERY HIGH RISK they will not pay rent on time" etc.

Now I charged up my cards, found a great paying job(unlimited overtime!)

They charge a monthly fee to use the site so I was wondering what kind of hit rate people were getting from the site.

The goal is truly to help people . . . to create a place where people can help people without worrying that someone is manipulating them to buy something not worth the $500 they're charging for it.These forums are scraped many times a day, and we remove a ton of posts.

Birddogs locate properties for investors and charge a finders fee or something like that for locating it for them.

It's rewarding to help people get the information FREE that everyone else charges big bucks for.

That way, I was covered if anything went over, and if nothing too unexpected came up, I would be under budget and have more $ in the end :o)I'm definitely hoping my real estate appraising comes in handy.

I always want room for the unexpected as there is always something.