Of course, their sales person tried to upsell me to their Boost advertising product at $7500 for 3 months. 

For instance, the slope of the horizontal drain should be somewhere like 1/4 inch per foot, not anything dramatic. 

Never Split The Difference is a great book on negotiating - it's written by Chris Voss.It also helps to be extremely well educated in your space - it will boost confidence and help to communicate well. 

I was starting to think that I was being over dramatic about this situation.

If you do it yourself and earn the respect of the neighborhood, it boosts your standing.

These changes have already effected real estate investing in the form of increased cost of insurance and taxes in many areas and if the trajectory continues, the direct and indirect effects will be even more dramatic down the road.

My initial reaction upon seeing the valuation was similar, but when you boil down the numbers, in most cases, it tends to be less of a dramatic jump as you initially think.

I’ve also heard of agents investing in properties over time such as rentals and have heard that it can help boost your income.Basically I’m looking for some pointers and tips for starting out.

So to boost cash flow, when you put money into a property to raise the NOI, are you giving the property a cash diuretic or a cash laxative?

The properties had been on the market for some time, and were not in the best shape, so the owner was offering land contract terms with the agreement of his mortgage holder, a local bank that finances many properties in the area.The units were all fully occupied when we purchased them, although it turns out a number were new leases perhaps signed in haste to boost the occupancy rate.