In our neck of the woods (Metro Atlanta) rental demand is through the roof. We have a waiting list and cannot answer the phone fast enough. Upward pressures on rents have enabled us to send out "rental increase" le...

The advantage of looking at your own home is that your new found revenue might be a dramatic decrease in the amount of money you pay in rent.How much are you paying right now to own/rent?

I started about a month ago putting my savings into stocks, and I have a strategy in mind that will probably be a nice boost.

(Sigh) I still feel the pain of it.After that dramatic experience (Baptism by Fire) as a newbie, I proceeded to rent to Section 8 for the next dozen or so years without much incident.I have many more (at least a dozen or so) but this is enough to make me take some Rolaids. 

For every 1 foot increment that the lowest floor is below BFE, your rate increases dramatically.

@Sharon Tzib well said :) I think I sounded more dramatic that I meant to ;) let me rephrase: "but I am still debating if investing out of state is right for me.

You can use those numbers as a guide but you can often attain higher rents with better marketing....video on youtube.com goes a long way towards boosting rents.

50% rule has become paramount in my search for long term investments properties ... bBP (before BP), I dramatically underestimated the costs of being a landlord.

Even two years is great in terms of numbers...thats a boost in itself!

We need every boost we can get!