This koala bear has been smoking too many eucalyptus leaves.

Details on my mortgage - Interest bearing Principle $197,000Deferred Principle $95,440Interest rate 4.7%20 year loan with 18 years left.I wanted to pay $7,000 extra a month for the Deferred Principle  but the lender company told me I cannot pay on the deferred principle while there is a interest principle and thats need to be paid off first.So my question is if i put a extra $7000 a month on the interest principle and pay off that early would I still have the remaining years to make payments on the deferred principle?

I appreciate your input and will bear that in mind.

However, you will also see posts about all the rehabs that ended up going horribly wrong or nightmare tenants, so bear in mind that ratholes are all about risk. 

Louis, knows what the market will bear, where its going, and can implement an aggressive lease up strategy and mitigate concessions

That's just bad news bears...3) Why on earth would they need someone especially the old property owner as  a go between amongst PM and new owner? 

One option is to start all cash and then bring leverage to bear later, either when purchasing additional properties or by cashing out some of the equity in the all cash property to facilitate the purchase of additional property.So, continue to do your homework on Roofstock or other turnkey providers. 

I certainly don't think that the bear market will go on forever, but many signs point towards more price appreciation in the next couple years....after that, your crystal ball is as good as mine:) We've pretty much seen 10% price growth every year for the last 8 years, and average (not median) home price at the end of Dec 2017 was 470k.

Stock market investors are often so focused on growth that many do not realize how the leverage, cash flow, and tax-deferral of real estate investing can combine to produce potent returns. And when mixed with the powe...

I had one that moved out Sep. 1st and it was a bear to get filled by the time I cleaned got the repairs done.