One house has a $200/HOA, and the other has a $400 HOA. 

It's not unusual for one good person to apply, and they move in their half brother that just got out of prison or something.There's a lot more to look at than just income. 

One which covers the PMIs and gutter cleanings and one that adds a weekly mowing service during the summer months.

Definitely not one from a bank.Just post your questions here and people will answer.

Hey All - One of my tenants ran a load of laundry and forgot to put the disscharge hose in the utility sink for when the wash drains.

I put up one of my properties for sale and I received a verbal offer that I liked but the agent is asking if would be willing to accept 20% and interest only financing for 2 years.

If a new software were to hit the market with the set goal to increase tenant loyalty, increase revenues, increase on time payments, would you be interested?

Total Active Listings: 2,349 (up 17% over last year)Total Pending Listings in the Last 7 Days: 248 (1% down from last year)Total Sold Listings in the Last 7 Days: 139 (1% down from last year)Average Days on Market: 40 (vs 36 last year)Average Sales Price: $359,167 (vs $335,323 last year)Number of Price Reductions in the Last 7 Days: 688 (vs 606 last year)Sales to List Price Ratio: 97.6 (vs 98.83 last year)Number of Expired Listings in the Last 7 Days: 152 (exactly the same as this time last year)Number of Agents: 8,518 (150 less than last year)Interest Rates: About 7% (vs 7.875% this time last year)Key takeaways: We're seeing more active listings and price reductions but less pending sales, resulting in a shift from a seller's market to a balanced market.

This is commonly repaid over a one year period.To clarify with an overly-simple example- you said $600/month in an increase.

I don't think we will ever have enough "doors" to replace an income in this time frame, but we would like to get to 5 doors in the next 5 years which we would sell in 10-15 years to help supplement our retirement income.