The criteria is in no particular order.Price for the class of neighborhood I look for (we tend to buy Class a, proffesionals)Number of neighborhoods in this marketRent in each of these areasTypes and Earnings of Business who support my tenantsLikely hood that they are long term or short term and why would they rent over buymilitary - Due to the military moving frequently many will not buy, so they stay for 3+ years, treat the house like a home but do not buylocal factor- if these tenants are non-transient why do they rent?

Either you have it in the bank and you should earn a return on it or you are borrowing it.To use an average of 50% for expenses will generally keep you out of trouble.

Request that they drill holes in the walls and shoot "Borid" (which has an active ingredient of Boric Acid in powder form) in there.

our out of town fellow investors or our new first time investors right here in the Bay Area just got a residence and will be earning a positive cash flow of $1,963.00 less monthly expenses, maybe yes or maybe still no but its looks like there may be away to break into the San Francisco Bay Area real estate market after all. 

If you pay more than the formula you most likely will reduce your profit.If you plan on 6 months between your buy and sell and that you are earning 20% during that time you can count the cost of financing and subtract it from your profit.Good Luck.Bill

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He can set the goal before the partners buy in, e.g. automatic sale once they find a buyer at a set price, or rent incomes to be split evenly for 5 years, etc.For the other investors, they can potentially earn good returns on real estate with a small amount of money.

Also presents me with a opportunity to earn extra income on the side to further enable my investment savings.

If I'm 45 years old and in the prime of my earning power I might not need that extra income today nor do I want to pay a high marginal tax rate on it. 

They're simply attempting to take your hard earned cash and move on to the next victim.