“Due to high home prices, stagnating job and household income growth, and ongoing development hurdles, Austin continues to lose out on economic development opportunities to surrounding suburban markets.

I've asked some current sellers and they both told me the ongoing rate for management is around 6%, which is pretty normal but I sincerely do not trust sellers (even thought they both mentioned the same %) so been using 10%. on top of that the insurances look like they are very expensive as well, a lot of duplexes seems to be around 2000/y.

If the company or private fund does not regularly file reports with the SEC, there will likely be less information available about your investment on an ongoing basis.You should read and understand all the information that is provided to you regarding the investment, including any offering memorandum or private placement memorandum that describes the investment.

Otherwise you are once again trying to compare a one-time value add to an on-going profit generator of property and rent appreciation. 

Another great way to get fired up is to listen to one of the many real estate podcasts out there on your way home from work to get pumped up on going home and putting in another 8 hours on your business.I've also found that going to your local REA meet ups are a great way to stay motivated because you see how much everyone else in your market is killing it.  

This means they are confident no ongoing environmental hazards exist and you then have the innocent landowner defense in the event there turns out to be some historical environmental issues.If they recommend additional action, then you need to determine whether you need to do consider additional research and/or remediation work.

I've done some research on this the past couple of days and I've found some ideas, but I'm not sure if it's worth pursuing them or I should just give up on the idea and wait for a different property.Separate meters: From the research that I've done (a lot on BP forums), this seems to be way too expensive to consider.Submetering: This seems to be a viable option, but I have no idea how much the initial setup would cost or the how much the ongoing monitoring would cost.

Another question- What is reasonable to expect to pay for ongoing services?

If the trial was ongoing in 2015 or 2016, could that somehow lead to decreased assessed value (if somehow property taxes weren't being paid and the town took this into account when assessing)?

And we will have a final punch list.So for a 15 year old house no matter how its rehabbed ANY home inspections will come up with items to correct or suggestions on on going maintenance...