By the way, the tenant should be charged for this as part of "cleaning and repairs." 

If you have a relationship with the seller, if the property is fairly priced, if the seller is motivated, and you identify it as a deal, then you can send an LOI after the first call.

The beauty of Roth investing is the income tax-free nature of the returns. 

The title company will make sure the title is clean.

It was also during the deposition that the litigants learned the owner moved to Florida after the sale of the business and bought a mansion.

I second the @Dave Foster recommendation.

Whenever I speak to a group of students interested in real estate, I always stress the importance of networking and simply asking people to coffee.

I'm giving a reverse example, as in I will show how my credit score dropped 59 points in one month because I forgot to do my "trick".The trick is to pay off your entire balance the day of your "statement closing date". 

I'm interested in learning a bit more about typical vacancy percentages, size of the local population being serviced, reasonable percentage of effective gross income for expenses, etc. as well Peter.Hopefully some experienced member(s) will sound off!

They are all in decent areas.I like the program.They pay all or a large portion of the rent.The tenants take care of my houses and stay a long time.