A standard residential property (single family home, condo, town-home) will cost $350 plus or minus a couple bucks.

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. ($15k purchased/renovated to HUD Sect 8 standards, $8,400/yr rent GUARANTEED BY HUD) I own exclusively in 43612 (OK) and 43608 (low income, higher crime, black...and I will have a dozen SFH Sect 8 rentals there in the next quarter).

When I have someone that is requesting the transaction be done a certain way, i.e. pay 10% earnest money, I say: Well a standard real estate transaction is ... or the typical real estate transaction action is... or a traditional real estate transaction calls for us to ...

Probably not to their standards but I would hope well enough for a rental.

. - have flown straight through the window; and instead 'slang' that require no great effort to express one's self, has replace the standard English language.

The option price paid is for the right to buy, but not the obligation to buy.Steve, you really need to start over before you hit the streets trying to do deals, start with the basics of RE not systems or strategies, you need to understand basic rights conveyed under different standard types of agreements, then the strategies will fall in place. :)

when i started i was at 4. then it was 10 for a few yrs. i just got the 10th (working on it), also working with the bank on the 11th.the number of 10 stuck for awhile because of the standard 5-10 bank limitations that's in place. but with different financing and if the deals are out there i am open on increasing that number to 20.my rent roll with 11 houses will be 12k.

It seems like its pretty standard for my area.

Is there a standard/favorite app/spreadsheet/site that compares investing your cash into rental property vs. stock market at an assumed rate of return?