I know my local market fairly well as I've been paying attention to it for about 4years now.

You're able to get a mortgage fairly close to today's insanely low interest rates.3.

I know we have some more.I had an insurance agency, with Met and Pru, and was a top agent fairly quickly, I sold the meat, not the sizzle as they like to do.

But if you donate appreciated real property, you could deduct its full fair market value, as determined by an independent qualified appraiser, but only up to 30% of your adjusted gross income.

Hi Scott,Here's a few things on topic that should help you out:http://www.biggerpockets.com/rei/fair-market-rent/https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/75523-how-to-find-market-rentshttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/68326-rental-comps---what-to-usehttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/39549-rental-comps

You may be mixing up the 2% rule, which is used for a quick, rough analysis of gross rents, and the 50% rule, which is generally considered to be fairly close to actual expenses.50% of your gross rents will be taken up by expenses...

1% I'd say is a fair deal, for real deals, I don't think $60 would cover a $6,000 note on a MH deal.

It's a truly professional service at a fair price, and I wish more property management firms would copy their model as working with my other one in a different state is more frustrating because these guys are so good.

Skin in the game changes the perceived risk.

You have to develop the type of skin that is resilient and bounces back in the face of adversity each and every time.