Increase in Real Estate investors going after a shrinking REO market. 

You will also want to do research on the rental rates in the area and ask yourself if you think you can get more than what is currently being received, or if you are capped out on increasing the income through rental increases. 

And while employees started buying properties beforehand, it was really mostly once it got closer to launch that the demand increased.

Sure, increasing income is always great.

Hello...I purchased my third property today for cash, and was looking for some advice from some of you with more experience.The previous landlord had the electric updated outside, but inside it has an aging pacific el...

Increasingly I am seeing potential tenants come through Zillow versus Craigslist.

Also, depending on how the value of the property increased by adding that third unit, plus natural appreciation and paying down on the principal, you could look at refinancing out of the FHA loan to get rid of PMI.

   - 9% preferred is good, better than the standard 8%-60/40 split after 16% IRR is not good, there are deals with better splits- Generic value add play, invest in units....raise rents....sell at higher price due to increase NOI- I dont like the short 2 year hold but some would love it- I think the fees are high, but not unreasonable.   

A couple of questions as I'd like to improve how I do this with my tenants:1) do you raise rents annually and if so, how much and how do you determine how much?2) could you recommend a quick script so to speak of how ...

If someone is looking to make a BIG move, there is the opportunity to do some pretty significant value add and increase rents, but it would take a year or more to get it all done with current leases in place.