I've been averaging about $130 per month in advertising for the past 5 years for my rentals and get about 40 calls per day.

Assuming a long term hold and rent, and an "average" rental (not an executive or specialty property), you should take steps now to minimize headaches and expenses over the life of the property.

This aspect of the RE industry galls me to no end.

Sniper - I agree that if I were an average homeowner who had motivation but felt I had a pretty house,.

I used to be in that market so I occasionally read the news, though, and this article surprised me:http://timeshareconsumergroup.org/advocacy_industry_update.htmlThe points are a little skimpy, but the idea is that the ts industry has not experienced the same problems as the real estate industry and is actually experiencing growth in spite of the economy.

Farve makes average receivers better - Cotchery and Coles will throw up a total of 1500 yds between them-Patriots have the EASIEST schedule this year, I bet they get beat by the Chargers in Jan in a rematch

I track 4 things, $ per SQFT, Average price, number of sales money in motion.

But in the current market, in the short term if you can even pull a 10% average return every 90 days- that seams like money hard at work(with a little elbow grease) rather than it sitting there waiting for the long term.

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