We advise our clients to never manage their own properties -- and they rarely do.

Residential brokers usually have relationships with wholesale mortgage bankers that pay for originations.A bank can pay a broker, but it's rare in reality as it can be what we call a correspondent lending relationship requiring the broker to meet experience and financial requirements that are beyond those of most brokers.

Look at how price appreciation works when combined with leverage:Purchase $100K house with 20% down Interest Only (just for simplification) at 6%.

Tenants rarely change the filters, which reduces the life of the unit.

So let me clarify.GENERALLY, UNLESS IT IS DISCLOSED UPFRONT OR THERE ARE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH IS RARE, BUYERS DO NOT PAY ANY COMMISSIONS WHEN AGENTS ASSIST THEM IN FINDING A PROPERTY.

I bought my first to the criteria belowFile NameNewList01-14-14aCount300 (excludes duplicate mailing addresses)DatabaseCreate Your OwnCreated Date01-14-14,5:31Purge Date07-13-14List of CriteriaZIP + Radius 77389 (20 mile radius)(All) Combined Loan To Value 21-30 %Equity(%) 40 to 100 %Bedrooms 3-5ADDRESS-COMPLETENESS Mailing Address CompleteCORPORATE-OWNED ExcludeSelected Bundle ElementsPending Auction SaleReports SelectionOnly Records 300Records From 1Records To 300Search Output Fields Owner 1 Label NameOwner 1 Last NameOwner 1 First NameOwner 1 Middle NameOwner 1 SuffixOwner 2 Label NameOwner 2 Last NameOwner 2 First NameOwner 2 Middle NameOwner 2 SuffixOwner Care Of NameMail AddressMail CityMail StateMail ZIP CodeMail ZIP+4Mail Zip/Zip+4Mail Carrier RouteMail CountryProperty AddressProperty House NumberProperty House Number PrefixProperty House Number SuffixProperty House Number 2Property Pre DirectionProperty Street NameProperty Street Name SuffixProperty Post DirectionProperty Unit NumberProperty CityProperty StateProperty ZIP CodeProperty ZIP+4Property Zip/Zip+4Property Carrier RouteCountyCombined LTV RatioZip CodeEquity (%)BedroomsWhen I looked at one of the properties on the Harris county tax records auction it said no tax due?

if you are certain it is a great deal it is rarely difficult to find buyers who will be interested.Property buyers are usually listed on public records.

Deductible is $1000 I did not want personal property coverage since the appliances I am leaving do not cost more than $1000 combined, but even with that it was going to be $630.

A combination of dummy cameras and no trespassing signs could help deter the average trespasser.

Having someone in that niche on BP regularly to answer your question is going to be rare.