Otherwise, assume flat for a few more years, then inflation driven appreciation, like we've had from post WWII until this recent bubble.Either buy for immediate cash flow or force appreciation with fix and flips.

Actually, it only requires you to have an agent or a broker to list the house for you (you don't need to be an agent yourself)...and there are plenty of agents that will list a house for you on the MLS for as little as a $500 flat fee (you take care of the showings, etc, they just list it on the MLS)...In my opinion, it's well worth it...as there are no websites (that I know of) that come anywhere close to the reach of the FMLS when it comes to marketing houses and finding buyers...Especially in this market, I don't know why anyone wouldn't feel it was worth $500 to list their houses on the MLS...

Support line wait time is in excess of 30 minutes.

He sent me his addendum and he flat out says its contingent upon him finding a qualified end buyer and banks are eating it up!

If they were willing to do that, they would have offered it up in one of the discussions.Now, have you asked flat out if they're going to force you to refi or foreclose?

Flips and wholesale deals pay the bills and allow you to live a compfortable life while rentals can be accumilated over time and eventually used as a type of retirement plan... assuming you can only get financing for a few deals at a time, it would be wise to wholesale the excess deals you find when your hands are tied.... no garbage though, only properties you would be buying if you had the ability... just my 2 cents, good luck....!

Does anyone have any input about flat roofs, pro or con?

Small commercial loans are significantly more expensive than loans in excess of $500k in my experience.

I own a two flat no debt section 8 clients, for the last two years.

I would imagine not as they are different lock sets replaced over time.2.In the lease there are no pets listed but many tenants have pets.The tenants said they would pay a fee to keep the pets.So Instead of a security deposit I was thinking of a one time "pet acceptance fee".This way instead of a security deposit having to be escrowed in a separate account the money can be spent right away to increase cash flow.3.I was thinking to prevent toilet clogs the tenants should put those child safety toilet hinges on top of the lid so they toys etc. do not get stuck in the pipe.4.One of my tenants cars is sitting in the parking lot without a tag and a flat tire and the tenant says they don't have money to fix.Do I get that hauled away??