renter sucked...didnt pay.... cost me a lot of money blah blah blah.

Also, the opportunity cost of leaving the property vacant for a year while paying a mortgage on it and not receiving rental income is much higher than what the marginal difference in rate will cost you until you cashout refi it.

there are costs to close on the buy, costs to hold, costs to finance, and then MAJOR costs to sell, plus...

It cost about $3200 (they will send you a discount code if you look at it a few times) and had 6 classes all 2 weeks long.

They also mentioned their would by extra cost on their power bill “which they are responsible for” from having to run the well pump for an hour or 2 to shock and flush the system!

Read about finding off market deals and marketing to them; read about making offers and estimating rehab costs; read about building a buyers list; read about the analytics of a good rental property of flip property.

BTW, PV is currently hawking a "we partner with you" scheme that will cost $9500!

Hi All,Am a dual Citizen (US Born/family from Portugal) and am looking to invest in Portugal that has become increasingly popular in tourism and economically as a country.

Cost to build should not matter there.Look at your deals. 

Well besides the hard costs (construction, materials) and soft costs (permitting, architecture, fees, engineering) people often forget holding costs.