This is a VERY IMPORTANT issue and deserves to be thoroughly explored.Mike

There are a few hours remaining in June, but I thought we'd get a head start and post the July Goals Thread . . .For those of you who have been participating in the goals threads, I hope that you've found the act of sharing your goals to be useful in attaining them.As always, I'll reiterate how important goal-setting can be in achieving success in real estate and real estate investing.So . . . without further adieu, lets kick things off and start sharing our goals for the month of July!

It has what I feel are the important elements of a finance degree minus the emphasis on securities which frankly I know enough about.

The most important is an inspection period.

It very important to take it one step at a time.

Most importantly the MLS listing will be seen by the buyers agents in the area.

Is the location commutable to work -- consider the high price of gasoline.Two different things that are important when you buy to hold: 1- who are the renters going to be?

It might very well be true in San Francisco, which is very pro-tenant and a lot of rent control issues.If it is an important issue to you, call an eviction lawyer and ask.

Far more important to me than maximum cash flow is for the property to be "as close to self-managing as possible", as I live in Australia.What I'd really like to do is install on-site management who'll operate the landlording business, so that all the landlording becomes their problem.

What are the most important questions I need to ask the owner when I make the initial call?