I will start soon for sure.As to the split, what do you think would be fair in this situation:Me and my dad: he supplies the cash and nothing else, no work and no involvement, should i pay him interest on his money or bring him in as a partner?

What is the real estate market like, is there a big supply of vacant homes? 

Know the rent for your area, know the number of units in your building, and determine what your ROI will be at a given purchase price.Originally posted by "tasigurl":Owner Occupied77%64% 60%Rental Units18%31% 33%Vacant Units5%5% 7%Critical information for measuring supply and demand for certain types of housing.- Low vacancy rate means high overall demand- High owner-occupied means good market for rehabbing- High rental % tells you this is a renter's marketOriginally posted by "tasigurl":HomeGain Agents73I have no idea how valuable this information is... do you like HomeGain Agents?

He asks for a gift card to buy supplies but demands it be from an adult book store.

That way they can sell them on the marketreducing their reserves and contracting the money supply.

Detroit taxes are about $3,000/yr on a brick bungalo and that really hurts the investors cash flow for renting on top of an extremely High rental inventory to boot.The sunday paper is full of rental homes, apts, flats along with properties for sale, so finding tenants is as hard as finding buyers.Also there has been so much new construction (condo's etc.) that what I'm seeing is a large supply with little demand.

Hi,I supply exclusive mortgage and refinance leads.

Our homeowner's insurance industry is NOT regulated, avoid houses that have had fires, floods or mold in their history, avoid the coast (not a problem in FW) like the plaque.2.

simple supply and demand will tell us that if you have more single family homes on the market than there are people to buy them .. then the prices will have to come down, which will mean less profit.

Are they regulated by the state?