if i remember correctly, our PM receptionist was covered for STD via remaining on payroll the 1st week he was out sick (as we grant 5 sick days per calendar year, and were closed S&S). then when his doctor faxed that he can't return to work for a full month from the time he called in sick for his pre-existing health concern, we had to put him on LTD for the other 3 weeks out of our insurance policy, and he got paid 60% his normal pay, only, total, for those 3 weeks.

My other business is in health care so those types of articles interest me.  

Down payment amountFuture economic factorsMaintenance costsAnd that concept call Opportunity CostI ran across this Post in the New York Times today and I’ve spent two hours analyzing it.

@Kal Abhari,I'm not sure what your definition of "seasoned" is, but I've been at it for a while now, so I'll take a stab.Without diving too deep into a discussion economics, I find that ROI follows the curves of supply and demand pretty well.  

I live in an economically depressed area where even the good rentals don't go for lots of money.

Other considerations may be energy efficiency, age, style of the home, functionality, condition, marketability and useful economic life of the entire property.

thank you my mom is still in good health at 87 !

I went on to property management for several years until I had some health issues. 

Its an international city, so demand will continually go up regardless of domestic economic situation.

The kids are being raised trilingually, we're quite an international family ;)I have recently (Feb 2015) switched from being an employee to becoming a freelance consultant in the Health IT sector.