The stability, rents, and appreciation are all going to be much better in GH versus Muskegon.The house I walked through is a two bedroom that needs very little, has a rental license, and nice deck.

(Of course your investment strategy might play into that decision as well, rehabbing versus buy-and-hold.)Since your CA property will not cash-flow if you lease it, does that really make financial sense?

If they worked on long shot type deals they would only close 1 in 50 versus 30 in 50.

I was shopping properties via the retail market and trying to use conventional financing versus cash.

Watch out and make sure you know who the tenants are for the multi family units and if you have rent control or a protected class there (section 8) etc.Store on ground level if corporate tenant versus mom and pop even better unless mom and pop has strong time open in the business and books with good growth.

But here is an interesting review on Zoho versus Force. http://force.siddheshkabe.co.in/2011/11/zoho-creator-vs-forcecom-round-one.html

Financial freedom is about doing what you WANT versus what you HAVE to do, something that can pay the bills and at the end of the day, gives you more happiness than working for someone else because you are in control of your destiny.

I'm sure you already considered this, but what would be the advantage paying 100% cash for building your four-plex versus maybe 50% or 75% of a larger commercial property(7, 8, 9 units+)?

I would rather suffer affliction myself versus doing ill harm to the old lady.

Hello,Please provide your thoughts and advice on matter of rent versus buy based on my special case.I am 33 yrs old and live in a rent stabilized apartment at Spanish Harlem, New York.