I believe the figures are as follows. obama will add more to the debt in his FIRST year than the previous 4 administartions COMBINED.

San Francisco based FinestExpert.com compiled a collection of key factors, such as strong employment, rental markets, and growth levels as offset by foreclosures, that combine to determine the “best†real estate investment markets.These top 20 markets are identified as good buy-and-hold real estate investment markets (vs. a quick fix-and-flip … although those deals certainly exist as well).

But if you purchase another home with a decent size payment you have to keep in mind the fact that one of the downfalls of SFR renting is that if one tenant moves out your occupancy goes immediately from 100% to 0% and you are now carrying two mortgages which will cost you a combined $2,500+ (depending on the second house you buy).

Better just to split the listings betewwn your transactions, or you can hava combination of a per centage commission and also a flat fee, you might say 3% on thne A-B and $100 on the B-C, what ever the broker and agent will agree to.

My best guess is current value at $160K.Two family$195K 5/07 2 year interest only at 7.5% renewed for 3 more years.10K down plus 20k in rehab costs.Rents for combined $1600.Current value also around 160K.I am calculating 5 to 10 years right now to get above water on these loans.

Aluminum itself isn't so bad, but when you try to update wiring in the house by combining new copper with existing aluminum, that's when you have issues.

29% Net return is pretty hard to believe, although I have one friend who has achieved those sorts of returns it required a combination of buying at very distressed prices, cheap renovations and some tricks to boost rental returns.I'm looking for 30% gross or around 15-20% net rental returns which is considered by some to be impossible, but is not as ambitious as 29% net.

I don't see hyperinflation in the future like what many others on here claim, but I do see painful tax increases via high inflation, entitlement changes (higher age to qualify, lower benefits, or some combination thereof), and more expensive debt of all sorts that dampens economic growth for a long time.

A combination of education, taking a step back and evaluating where they are and how they got there, and where they want to be.

The site will give you a ginormous matrix of buydown and rate combinations.