To me, the value of having a long term tenant far outweighs the little bit of protection you get from the deposit at the risk of upsetting the apple cart.

I'll make sure to communicate with all of our appraisers to make sure we are as close to apples to apples as possible.

She basically said that everything that they tried eventually worked, whether it was car magnets, flyers, direct mailers, etc.

Get a couple quotes and compare apples to apples, CoinMach and MacGray for example are the two of the biggest players out there.

It is certainly possible to get cheap homes and even run a business like that on the cheap, but I'd contend to say that apples to apples it would be cheaper to get involved in a mobile home deal.

They did an awesome job on my rear windows, door magnets and sandwich board.They have several stores in the Seattle area.

There are a few bad apples in every bunch but the majority of them are sweet!

However, I think that it's apples and oranges for me because I can either put 25% down on 4 houses using $200,000, or, I can use the $200k to get one flip going.

If your numbers are correct, and it's apples to apples...sounds like negative leverage, where your cost of funds is higher than the cap rate.

I've got my own business cards, paper ads, bandit signs, car magnets, and direct mail campaign running, so I how would I separate when I am working for myself, or when I am working for the real estate company?