At that time, I was considering having one appraisal ordered by me, and one ordered by my partner then taking the average to determine the exit value before we part ways.Does anyone have any good suggestions as to fair, objective ways to determine the values?

First and foremost I pay all mortgages, taxes and insurance and then any repairs and or maintenance that may be needed next.I then take what is left and split it in half, investing half in the stock market (usually dollar cost averaging into some mutual funds and stocks I like, and the other half goes towards cash reserves for capital expenditures and or savings for another investment.I like to invest a fair part of my rental income into the stock market to diversify and hold hard assets as well as securities that pay dividends to create additional passive income.I am very disciplined have have stuck to this system for about 8 years now andf have created a decent amount of passive income via dicidend paying invesstments as well.Chris

That means fairly low rates (figure half to one point higher than rates you see advertised) and a 30 year fixed term.

I see the benefit of paying a membership fee which gets "skin in the game " and commits people.

ListSource is referred to here on BP a fair amount.That's great that your phones are ringing so much.

It is fairly large.

I think thats fair.

hi all. i was driving around my neighborhood and found two abandoned houses that are in fairly decent shape. i wanted to research them to find out if i can do something with them. the owner of one house died, but he was a loner and i don't think he left a will. the second house looks like it was just abandoned by the owners recently. guess they walked out on mortgage. how would i research who owns the house so that i can contact them?

I usually keep my rental rate at fair market value or even a little bit lower than that.

And, if both parties agree and get to the closing table and perform, maybe the promise of a snowcone at the fair would do