They see other people looking at same house and it drives a sense of urgency for them to apply right away.I charge a $40 application fee and then run background checks at www.residentresearch.com for $26.00Charge a higher deposit than one months rent so that they are encouraged to pay last months rent and leave place clean at end of lease so that they get deposit back.

Need recommendations for good realtors who have experience working with investors, and who cover territories anywhere within a 4 hour drive radius from Pasadena, Ca.

You might be able to flip some properties in East Austin, but you'll be joining the crowd as everyone knows the city is gentrifying to the east.Don't be afraid to go to another city as long as you can make the drive and learn about the economics.

If anything the continuous flow of orders from "loyal" employees actually helps the stock price by providing artificial demand bereft of analytical rationale.In an open, competitive market an investor should invest where their capital has the highest rate of (potential) growth.

Population growth is another story, though.  

After reading several post and   listening to a few podcast, I have settled on  investing in below market multi-family properties with the potential for good cash flow and equity growth.  

Odlum Drive Vancouver - near Commercial Drive.We are reputable and many projects under our belts.If anyone is interested or has any tips on hard money or ppl who could be interested please advise.

If the expense ratio is below 50%, it's an indication that the syndicator may be overly aggressive on either achievable rent growth or on cutting expenses.Watch the fees as well.  

What's the P/E ratio, how's the earnings per share growth looking, dividend percentage, what's the federal reserve doing?

If this is local really want monthly and not further out than quarterly to see how the health of the business is performing.Bars usually need to drive certain sales per sq ft of space to be healthy.