All these professionals that are willing to answer your REI questions, and at no charge!!

Does anyone know the price they charge?

In a 4 plex, it would be really nice to have the power to get rid of a terrible tenant, because they are your tenant, and not some druggy loser that an absentee landlord has put in there without checking them out.The last time I checked, the difference in rates that my bank was charging between an owner occupied loan and a non owner occupied loan was 1/4%.

I have never had much success in collecting back up rent and charges from evicted tenants.

Title companies reqiure exact addresses and charge $35 per search.

They are charging me $45.00 a month per unit on a 60K SFR.

Personally for me I would want to find a local deca-millionaire veteran/seasoned investor that has a business plan that is very similar to mine and work for him (small maintenance items, cutting grass, collecting rents, placing bandit signs, researching deeds, etc) free of charge for a month or two as he explains to me why he does what he's doing and takes me with him when he's analyzing and negotiating deals.What I don't like is the fluff in the guru pitches that don't really tell you what to do and make everything sound like it's as easy as buying a certificate of deposit.

But here's my problem: If I drop that much to just try and get a sale, I'd prefer not to use a realtor because commission charges arent factored in to that cost; thus, my exposure is limited and its harder to find buyers.

I charge based on whether I enjoy the work or hate it, or whether it is a very skilled thing.

If there is no sale we'll be looking for the largest box we can find to live in as there is no way (that I know of) to get enough funds to buy a home on the other end; we qualify for about $40k under our current circumstances as I am carrying a lot of debt from business charges on credit cards for our start-up business which has not started to pay me back for anything to this point.