@Pat Parrillo - thank you for the insight Pat that simplified analysis demonstrates nicely how a financing decision for a single property potentially has a significant effect on your long term goals.

I am looking for a home loan for a primary residence, but needing it to be a portfolio loan due to having rentals and self employment income. 

Hi Does anyone one know of a key pad or door lock to for this situation to allow tenants to let themselves? - no wifi- power only 

I am curious what people have found to be the most effective way to find a good deal on office buildings or other commercial real estate.

Assuming I have a Roth 401k at etrade, where half my account is tied up in equities, and the other half in cash, can I move the cash portion into a new self-directed 401(k) to use for real estate?

Ohio requires a 3 day notice to be posted on the door of the tenant's property.I always post the notice, take a clear photo of the notice it self, then a photo of the front of the property with hopefully address in clear view.Once you do this, and the 3 BUSINESS DAYS are up, you can go to the local municipal court and file for eviction.

If for instance a seller is self managing and doing the maintenance themselves, then their expenses may be 35%.

Most of my learning came through self study, practice exams. 

For a Monte Carlo simulation, I might apply a +/- to that and see to what extent variations in that estimate have ~non-linear effects on the final answer.Agree that one of the biggest impacts is the current value; for two of my properties the mortgage company provides an equity estimate (which I have no idea how accurate it might be since websites like Zillow, etc typically don't handle multi-family properties very well), but here's a sampling of the estimate variations from different sources:$252K (Appraisal for refinance 21 months ago) vs. $269,939.00 (MortgageCo) vs. $294,900/$321,230.00 (Realtor; CMA vs.

A book I once read said something to the effect of, "don't worry about selling a wholesale deal.