The first pass is based on the "Gross Yield" which is simply the ratio of annual estimated rents by bedroom count divided by the sales price. 

I simply ask them: "How's your credit?

Being unable to pay the rent because of an unexpected bill is simply a sign of poor financial management.  

It's not worth the grief and the resulting errors.When you use tax software, you will simply pick up a type of asset from the drop-down list (for example "residential real property") - and the software will complete 4562 for you the right way, as well as carry it to all other connected forms.

If you are a troglodyte and simply say "um" & grunt now and then, you probably won't like being an "active" investor.

MHP has 57 spaces (of which 51 trailers are owned by the park), 100% occupancy, average rent is $500/month, city sewer/water, they pay all utilities, plus they pay the grass cutting bill.

So i TOTALLY RECOMMEND INVESTING IN TENNESSEE.Speaking on South Florida, First off its not a very large area in terms of land compared to other areas in the country, so with this in mind I don't know that i would say its a bad area to invest in, but i do think that a seasoned investor would do much better here than a newbie, simply bc i think its safe to assume they would have the network/financial backing to move quickly on deals... 

Of course, real estate investing is not as cut and dried as this article would make it appear.

The motivation is not based on assumed guilt as opposed to simply covering all their bases.Do not panic, proceed with caution.

I’m considering switching my 3 SFR rentals over to strictly 2 year leases as turnover costs are cutting dramatically into my returns.