He is paid a salary, two raises since he started, exceptionial performer, without being tied to specific preformance criteria, mostly because I couldnt figure out the criteria.

We began to raise a small capital as we prepared to hunt for our first deal.

If your house goes down in value, so should your taxes, which would improve your cash flow without having to raise the rent.Don't get me wrong, I don't hope my houses depreciate (mainly since I like to refi to get all my cash back out to use again), but there is a silver lining when it does go down.Joe VilleneuveREcapSystemA2REIC

You raise a good point.

I was born and raised in Denver, CO, and moved to Victor with my husband full time about five years ago.

There is a difference between funding a factory to employ 40 people on an ongoing basis and raising funds to employ 5 guys for 3 weeks to flip a house.  

There is only 1 fix for a raised up pool .

@Lisa Thoele  Its a fine line in the ultra competitive   west coast markets.When I speak at RIAs and other events in LA.. the first thing I ask is a show of hands from the audience who is a RE agent.. virtually every hand is raised.. then I ask Who is a Private lender and again nearly all the audience raises their hands.Its not quite that way here in Oregon.. but its still a very vibrant RE market..

Looking at an 75 year old 2600 sq ft 3/1 raised ranch on 1.8 acre lot. structure is good but the floor plan needs a little adjustment (including adding at least a half-bath).

Is there a legal limit on how much you can raise the rent of an existing tenant?