Obviously, assuming the mortgage as-is does not seem favorable since the payments are quite high and between mortgage, taxes, and insurance, the house would barely cash flow at market rent rates, if at all.

Eric,Some arguments in favor buying notes (vs. origination lending):1.

You might be doing the dog a favor if she is not capable of caring for the dog.

I mentioned it to a naval architect, but he was unfamiliar with EPDM, but had favorable thoughts on the concept.

But they don't always move together, and the index could be more favorable for one over the other as a result.LIBOR had some really atypical movements early in the "recession" that caused anything indexed to LIBOR to have a higher rate; this was because the banks weren't trusting each other enough to lend to each other!

Do the rest of us LLs a favor and take her to court so she'll have a judgement against her that the rest of us LLs can find when we do our due diligence.

So, the LLC is important, to keep at arms length from properties, limit liability and have favorable tax treatment.

My wife works under a medium sized broker (about 3500 agents), and she pays either:- $40 per month + $300 per transaction; or- $300 per month + $40 per transaction.It's up to her which of these options she wants and the transaction fee is regardless of whether it was a $25K sale or a $25M sale.So, relatively small, low cost brokers are out there...J Scott, It appears that Solid Source Realty raised their rates slightly from $40 to $68 a month and $300 to $323 a month but the commission split is still very favorable to the agent.

I've looked at las vegas (has come down in price alot making the yields juicy, good tax rate, favorable landlord laws) and dallas for probably similar reasons as the texan cities you've looked at.The major problem for me so far has been trying to find a bank / finance company / person to provide a worthwhile LVR (or LTV as they call it).

What did he say when he ruled in favor of the plaintiff?