I could possibly see it if he did a complete remodel and picked the all the contractors from the ones that had the biggest yellow page ads I think you could spend $150K.

A great incentive to settle after pulling that, who's on first in court.I really never felt the need to hide out too much, I did LLCs listing myself as the RA on a few.

Go to post office- pick up change of address forms, usually you get a moving packet/envelope with 10% off Lowes coupon (along with other moving incentives)take and I use my citi rewards card gain a ton of points and bought a new range with my points for one of my units (got 25 year old stove in one) with the new appliances I just increased rent and the tenant is very happy to pay the increase.

@Patrick L. it's just like anywhere else, screening tenants beforehand is the biggest factor.

If you are going to do lease options or seller financing their biggest role will be creating and recording the docs.

@Brian Kelsch , In an audit the biggest/most difficult issue is proving intent.

As an investor, your credit score is one of your biggest assets.

As I hear day after day about rising prices and the biggest jump in real estate price indeces since 2006, I wonder how much of the measured increase is not actually due to an improvement in the market, but due to physical improvements in many of the properties being sold. i.e., How much has the mix of the condition of properties sold contributed to decreases and increases in real estate price indeces (e.g., Case/Shiller) throughout the economic cycle?

One of my biggest hurdles will be finding the time to do everything I need to in order to get the job done.

But what incentive do investors have to become a mentor for someone?