if you buy homeowner insurance, and have a claim, you'll quickly discover that spending $300 for homeowner coverage is not a savings, it's a waste, because you weren't covered at all.I refer all my borrowers to National Real Estate Insurance / Affinity Group.

There are lower income areas that are quite solid, and cash flow like a dream.

If you don't have a solid past behind you, be prepared to fund 25% of the purchase and all of the rehab the first time or two.Bird Dogging requires some cash for advertising (though not nearly as much capital as above) and a lot more time.

Use a NOI at 50% of GOI... price it at a 10 CAP Rate and you'd attract investors.Start playing games where NOI is 70 - 80% of GOI... have a CAP at 6 or 7 and you're looking for a sucker.Also, put together a solid package, do the work for the investors.

Don't let the resources here go to waste.

Plus, they point out that the properties are nicely rehabbed, in solid neighborhoods with high rental demand, tenants are rigorously screened, and to cap it off, the buyer may well sell the property at a big gain well before these repairs and capital expenses start hitting (remember, you presumably "captured" a boatload of equity when you purchased), at which time you can roll into another property.At any rate, if you hold the property, the assumption is that Years 2-30 will experience none of these expenses.

I think my wife and I would rent for just three years at least you have a solid exit strategy.

It may not be much more than one of the items I listed above and doesn't necessarily make the place a toxic waste dump.

Nick, banks generally don't list homes at 33% of FMV, how solid are your numbers?

In some ways it kind of seems like a waste when a lot of people in the area would probably love to have that tax rate.