My tenants even the ones on the bottom of the food chain, always asks for a receipt, in most cases just to take it back to welfare.

To me a good tenant is one who holds a steady job, earns enough to afford the monthly payment and still buy food for themselves, and can prove that they have some consistent financial responsibility.I probably turn away 50% of the people that apply for apartments.

IF you have other security, you may be able to package multiple properties and get a loan from a local commercial bank.

Try to build a business operation to create your living cash flow (and take advantage of tax deferral opportunities) and as you create saving's invest in retirement packages (as I refer to) with rentals.Good luck.

On another item showing just how well everything is going, food stamps just reached a new record total of nearly 40 million persons.

I just wolesaled a package of 4 SFR with tenants that nets 32K for 110K.

A price per door doesn't suffer from wild variances in pro forma assumptions in criminal broker packages.

Invest a couple bucks in a good education package that you feel comfortable with.

It took 2 weeks to receive the package so that left 45 days to review everything.

I agree, that agent should have disclosed the bonus, and I think that is addressed in agency relationships as well as the code of ethics, might check in your state.It's just human nature to protect your food supply!