A perfect retirement spot, I can see myself riding a good horse, having all my toys in the barn, knocking the ball around, kayaking in my backyard or just jumping in and sitting on the rapids having a cold one.

Hello all,I'm the process of turning my first house in to a rental property (SFR on the SE side here in Grand Rapids).

So I love the 50% rule for scanning listings prior to modeling them in a spreadsheet.

I am a new from Cedar Rapids, IA that is ready to jump in and start making things happen in Real Estate.First, thank you @Joshua Dorkin  and @Brandon Turner for doing the podcast, as the podcasts are responsible for my initial interest in RE investing.

You let one hour pass, the likely hood of that person being a buyer for you rapidly diminishes.  

One good thing is that like you mentioned, it continues to appreciate rapidly and will always have appeal to renters, so you can count on yearly rent increases higher than the norm for not just the nation, but locally as well.

As you can see I really only have been keeping a eye on Florida ..thats were I live so.. anyway .. there's some smaller city's like Inverness,Fl where the rental market inventory is low and 3/2's can still be bought for as low as $40k with a average rental rate of $850-1250 a mth. and appreciation at around 12% .. thats just one example ..

Email a copy of your receipt (scan/photo/screenshot) to [email protected] and receive an email with links to the bonus material Scott mentions in the Podcast.

Just got to your post.From the first scan the post does seem a little busy.  

I tend to dissuade my clients from considering condos as the HOA fees rise more rapidly than rents which means an annual reduction in cash flow.