Thanks to experience and the info on this and other websites I've been shown the light.BTW - I am a buy and hold/rent guy.So my fear now is that over time the operating expenses are going to eat me alive.

As to real estate, it is a commodity like anything else so if the structure of the dollar falls your valuation in green paper may be affected, along with the mortgages based on green paper and the "profit" based on greed paper but there will still always be some form of value in real estate.

But rest assured at some point you will have something happen that eats some of that reserve account.

Everything looks good and the green light is on.

You may make a few extra bucks by rolling in the costs to the rent, but vacancies will end up eating those gains and possibly costing you in the long run.

Just saved a ton of green.

With the rising costs of heating fuel, gas, and electricity as well as increasing interest in energy-efficiency and green building in general, this has the potential for being your biggest resale points in coming years.

That didn't make a good impression on some prospects.In the distant past, I would usually have to eat 1-2 weeks rent.Any kind of incentive you can give the tenant would likely be better than losing 2 weeks to vacancy.

I don't make 9% loans @ 100% of value (which it's actually more like 120%)" @Joe Gore CA 95954. the land with a lot of tall green trees....

Originally posted by Nate Green: Thanks guys, Being my first open house I wasn't sure what was appropriate to reply to the broker, especially since some brokers/agents think that the term "investor" has a negative connotation.