@Jack Smith peer or not, $100-$400 ventured would present better to the 82%+ of public who interact with companies via mobile.

The point is: property appreciation is not guaranteed, because there are a myriad of economic, social, cultural, political and environmental factors that can affect property value--and it is very difficult to predict how these factors will interact and affect property value over the next 10, 20, 30, 40 years.I'm always surprised by how often I have to say it on the forums, but again:  if your plan hinges on future appreciation (i.e.; appreciation is a necessary requirement for your plan to work), you are not investing, you are speculating.

The amount of money you can make in the Dec-April timeframe is pretty extraordinary and could be double what you'd get for a long term tenant in that time frame.

And yes, I understand, I also do no interact with empty comments.

I have one house that generates a ton of calls because it is the cheapest of its size in the area but not everyone reads the ad so you have to tick off the limitations in that first interaction. 

We want to be helpful to the BP community in any way we can as we spend more time interacting with all of you going forward.

I have lots of current experience interacting with the city and inspectors (and the requirements) so hit me up if you'd like further insight.

I unfortunately am a very introverted individual, and I have to work on becoming more comfortable with interacting with others.

See if there are any extraordinary circumstances that would make the expenses higher than 50% of the gross rents and determine if that is a temporary or permanent condition.If there is some permanent extraordinary circumstance that would make the operating expense greater than 50%, use the higher number.

The overuse of the former and the lack of the latter is what has pushed us into, what the mass media calls the dire straits that this country is in.Remember, this stuff comes and goes.1970's : Poor fiscal policy and management leads to extraordinary interest rates.1980's : Localized job losses lead to heavy housing price drops in certain regions.1990's : Extensive stock market speculation leads to heavy market correction.2000's : Heavy housing speculation follows heavy stock speculation to heavy housing correction.It will always be doom and gloom if you read it that way.Care to guess what the next speculation fad will be?