It's a PR gimmick and aimed at target audience who would pay to hear what they like.

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

Many people are in low rate, fixed loans so they don't have a fear that their mortgage will adjust to where they can't pay their mortgage any more.  

A family member is currently living upstairs and paying rent while the basement is vacant.I'd love to hear your ideas on how I could make the best use of the basement space.

My stance is that the PM did not uphold their end of the contract when they evicted a tenant paying on time for not paying.  

I'd also like to share some of the extra informative women on BP that I've been following over the years, in case you find them as helpful in the future as I have:@Brie Schmidthas been inspiring to me, as another young investor breaking free with RE to travel and enjoy life :)  @Elizabeth Colegroveis a super sharp landlord with a BP blog I got to see again in person recently :) @Marcia Maynardwas nice enough to come out to speak at my Summit in SF as a great landlord (and person) and one of the prolific female landlord contributors to BP.

I'm trying to figure out a strategy on buying real estate from the seller (who owns the property outright) on payments, adding value and reselling it for profit and thus, paying off the original seller.

If you have multiple properties, you would pay more in the long-run buying insurance ever time.

The problem with one off leases is that if there is a problem you will end up having to pay an attorney to learn that lease.If you want to go at it alone you might also consult with the attorneys at the title company that close your deal.

So any cash you take from the exchange to pay yourself back for those expenses will be seen as taking profit by the IRS and they will be taxable.If any of your vendors are willing to wait and put those expenses on the settlement statement then they might be eligible depending on what your accountant feels.