
3 December 2009 | 5 replies
If you go that route, you should still have a real estate lawyer look at your contracts to ensure they meet your local legal requirements.

14 January 2008 | 15 replies
Here's a few others, if you're trying to detail these out.6) Insurance7) Make ready costs when one tenant moves out before another moves in.8 ) Discounts given to lure in tenants (aka "economic vacancy")9) Advertising10) Legal fees11) Court costs12) Property management (which you can earn for yourself, if you do this yourself.)13) Major repairs (roof, furnace, plumbing)The problem with many of these is that they are sporadic.

1 June 2009 | 8 replies
Operating expenses include taxes, insurance, management (even if you do it), maintenance, advertising, utilities (at least during vacancies), capital expenses (although not technically an operating expense), entity maintenance, legal fees, evictions, court costs, evictions, damage done by tenants in excess of the security deposit, I could go on and on.At any rate, you left out all of these expenses, which means your negative cash flow (even with your interest only loan) would be a monthly LOSS of about $768 per month (over time).Good Luck,Mike

22 December 2007 | 3 replies
Nevertheless, I find it very troublesome the feds can push to modify existing, legal contracts because one of the partys is having problems.

26 December 2007 | 12 replies
A trust much like a corporation is a "jural person" it can sue, be sued, it has a separate tax id number and is for all legal purposes a separate and distinct entity from the person who is a party to the security instrument.

31 May 2008 | 33 replies
I told her that legally, she would probably have to evict him to get him out.

12 February 2008 | 7 replies
If you are serious about landlording and make it through this and want to keep with it, buy the book "Every Landlord's Legal Guide", it's a MUST have book for landlords (look it up on Amazon).

17 April 2008 | 23 replies
.), he can probably even get you the names of the homeowners.Good luck investing, keep it legal and let me know how it works out !