After screening some of the markets within manageable distance, I believe Philly is good place to buy and hold for a starter like myself to have a taste in REI: relatively lower price to rent ratio, with the potential of appreciation due to the population influx caused by living cost increase in NJ and NYC, and also equally importantly, the high existing demand base to withstand possible impact should anything go wrong in the wider market :)I hope I am on the right track (please tell me if anyone see Philly market differently than I imagined above ).

Business purpose loans are less impactful on credit.

It's a mutual relationship as the better my business does (The business of providing them clean, affordable, safe housing) the quality of life of ALL my tenants will be impacted positively.

Please report back on the actual impact - lease up times - increased rents.Let us track your success.

With Google's ever changing indexing tools, SEO is now DOA - - doesn't add any value.All the things that were true two years ago, change last year and again this year - - it's impossible to keep up.In SEO, there were all kinds of rules on the page title, use of H1,H2,.. tags, first paragraph text, body text must have contents of meta keywords - -all history today. 

Yes, a bankruptcy will have a negative impact on their credit score, but they still might meet a minimum score.  

Hello All - Want to see if I am correct with the following when trying to understand only principal pay down  and its impact on returns.Keeping numbers hypothetical, round and simple.100K house20K  down payment Cash Flow - 2000 a year.COC = 10%Assuming every year there is ZERO appreciation:Year 1 Principal Pay Down - 1,000Question - How do I calculate the principal pay down as part of the overall return?

. :) Can you address other two questions in the body?

Think about the neighbors too... what would be the impact of noise and traffic?

Im torn, between the understanding that in Los Angeles County there is a real need for new housing. The benefits new housing does to the real estate market is good for potential home buyers and renters. The lack of su...