Until I actually purchase I have not bought a house but am simply leasing it?

So what if Chicago Cubs can't win a World Series, we beat out rest of the country when it comes to home price drop..lolAnyway, interesting article..I wouldn't have imagined Phoenix will be the one with price increase..

I simply said "OK, my application only has one question.

Simply tell her you were looking for a property and her's poped up, so ask her!

I'm simply commenting that in the newbie forum, I would expect people to be more responsive and welcoming.

If he's whole saleing, I'm guessing he actually has no money and simply wants to lock the property up while looking for a real buyer.

Its a win/win.

I'm with Brian... given those cash flows simply go with a PM... maybe even pay them a premium.I understand your philosophy of amount of work per dollar earned... but instead of dropping the property completely to reduce the workload, why not outsource some of that work at the sacrifice of some of the money???

I am trying to figure out a way to have a mortgage on a property instead of having it free in clear with renters so that I can simply collect debt payments on some of my portfolio.

I find that it's much easier dealing with tenants if you act like you are simply a partner who owns the house.