A rate sheet might readX.875% = -1.312X.750% = -1.084X.625% = -0.624X.500% = 0.422X.375% = 0.517So you can see that going down 0.25% from X.875% was a little less than a point, but going from X.750% to X.500% was a little more than a point, closer to a point and a half! 

If you only have $10k in cash, you might feel differently about trying this than if you have $100k or half a million or similar. 4.

Add an option into your deal where you buy out your partner in 3-5 years, or whatever you both agree makes the most sense.Or have the deal "sunset" in 3-5 years and you each get half the properties after you pay off your partner. 

I’m completely new with real estate but I’ve done a bit of reading and listened to more than half of the biggerpockets podcasts and I’m extremely eager to learn more .

For the first half of this year we will be mainly north hilltop area and north linden.

We have even had tenants cuss out the inspector for failing a house over a minor infraction (grass was about one inch higher than the inspector felt it should be)

Invest in the southern half of the US, it’s where the STR money is made.

For some reason it is in a square cut out a foot and a half deeper than anywhere else.

That said, all 4 of those cities I mentioned are located in states with an average property tax rate that is half of the average in Illinois, according to USA Today's 2019 ranking of property taxes by state. 

I don't know why I've been accepting appraised value, paying for the title insurance policy, transfer tax, and half of the escrow fees as a seller on every deal for so many years!