It doesn't take long to learn how to spot a good deal.6.

How long until you can pull out your $30,000 to rinse and repeat?

These sellers typically want a fast sale to move on with their lives and avoid ongoing conflicts.Relocating SellersPeople who need to relocate for a new job, military deployment, or other personal reasons often seek a quick sale to avoid the burden of managing a long-distance property.Inherited PropertiesHeirs who inherit a property they don't want to maintain or manage may be eager to sell quickly.

What we get out of that is lower turn-over, and (hopefully) a little respect from our tenants.With that said, I think the more important question is: How long is one of our rentals empty when it does turn over?  

In my opinion, it is easy enough to do from afar as long as you have a relationship with a handyman, cleaner and a smart lock.

This was more about me being able to use residential eligibility for a long term hold rather than pay rent each month.

There are a few options for that -- a duplex, in which you live in one side and rent the other long-term.

If you have evidence that they knew about the termites for a long period of time and failed to report it, then you could charge them.

Contractors cannot feed me a line of bull about what something is going to cost and how long it should take, because I have done the work myself for years.

Caution that these repayments generally cost more in the long run and the strategy would be to refinance again in a more favorable interest rate environment.