The manager should never earn incentives to keep a vacant rental.I'll pipe in from experience six years has shown me about rental firms: Here on the west coast, specialty firms tend to have the most rentals and the highest level of complaints.

Staying somewhat liquid yet earning some kind of return is the balance I'm looking for

When an IRA engages in a trade or a business on a regular basis, such as flipping houses, a tax known as UBIT applies.So, a leveraged flip is pretty tax intensive under an IRA.Note that passive earnings such as interest or rent from real property do not have these tax implications.

It is almost $71k per unit and earning $750 per month for that. 

Increase your "earned" income and change it into "passive" income as fast as you can.

Good Morning Before I call my Lender back this coming Monday, i want to make sure that I'm not wasting there time and mine A Breakdown of the Scenario:Primary residence has $40,000 in Equity to get a $20,000 HELOC , I was told from the Lender that the Max DTI is 43%Given Last 2 years of Taxes , those Two years  ( 2014 and 2015 ) comes out to $40,00  ( so it " shows " $20,000 earned as the average per year for 2014 and 2015 ) .......

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So no purchase for me until after summer this year...People here will tell you always deals in any market, but that is for the pros, not for layman like you and me.....LolI bought at the previous peak back in 2008, and I also bought in 2012....

And if the market is indeed at or near a peak, wouldnt it be wise to sell at least some of the properties?

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