The two best ways I’ve found to fatten the bottom line is via fees or reduced turnover or repair cost.Pet rent, lawn care fees, and things that breakdown due to tenant usage are my go to items.Number of bedrooms, extra features are only a selling point.

@David Fernandez Would you care to share the local lender you work with?

I've kind of been an island this past year in terms of market research and I'd love to start comparing data with fellow investors. Anyone else in the Baltimore County area who wants to collaborate please give me a shout.

Some people just care about cash-flow because it lets them reload to buy their next property.

However, I would recommend to add 5% of your rental income to keep aside for taking care of vacancy.

Hello All, I am new to the concept of 1031s and have a basic questions.

@Bryan ZuetelI find it that most investor's will not care whether the fund pay's the California LLC Franchise tax.

If their parents really believe them to be on-time paying and take care of the property, then they should have no problem serving as guarantors and nothing to worry about.

careful..

They are 2 completely different concepts.