Thats a very hard question, always, do you pay down your bad debt before investing or do you invest and use the boost in income to pay down the debt? 

They do enough volume that they have salaried electricians, plumbers, framers, painters on their team, so their costs are dramatically lower than what my wife and I can do.

Rental properties have increased my net worth dramatically.

If you get this listing rolling and obtain superhost status within the first few months, and you keep it there... you'll be able to charge whatever you want per-night after a year of boosting SEO. 

As real estate valuations have risen dramatically the past several years, there is concern that the real estate market as become 'overvalued' or 'overheated.'

just be careful with Fair housing and ada rights with pets. once you know the laws you can adjust your pet policy and deposits and prices based on the demand for your rental unit.. for instance, if you dont want pets but you have several people looking to rent your unit and one of the applicants is claiming pet as service, thats fine but weve had people threaten to sue for rights if we didnt pick them.. thats not cool. so what we did is dramatically raised the deposit on the pet where they couldnt afford it, now its not that we dont want to pick you its that you cant afford it..

That's why I found it strange that those numbers were from a thread made this year.Yes, this year but 6 months ago and prices have gone up dramatically since February!

You know he is going to get paid, so when you don't see it upfront, it's either built into your rate (by boosting your rate above market rate, the lender can get a refund), or it is a scam, and this guy is just wanting to take off with your title insurance money. 

Since the copper tubes are now thinner and the refrigerant pressures in all new systems run much higher than it used to, failure rates have risen dramatically.

I am an Energy Trader and my wife works in Tech, and real estate investing has been a part-time job of sorts for us for the past few years.We first got interested in real estate in 2011 because of the dramatic fall in prices that we saw across the country.