That $100 is much cheaper than having a vacancy ($575/month) and the cleanup costs associated with a move out."

Banks Probate Course for $300.Well worth the price...not the 6k he used to charge for the same info.....they even had a payment plan for 6 months.

The charges are pretty steep and include both a one time charge (thousands) and a monthly charge (hundreds).

I'm considering whether it would be worth having a website to attract customers for entry only agreements (charging a flat fee to list properties on MLS).

in our area, there seems to be a good amount of "cheaper" (75-90k) houses that are nice and new.

You'll essentialy be paying interest on your own money, so you'd better be sure if you refinance it's to invest the money in something that does much better than the interest the bank charges you on this $$$.

They are usually cheaper and far more effective that using agents.

At the end of the day, it's still cheaper and instead of throwing money out the door each month on rent, I'm owning my office which may not have any equity from paying down principle but will gain equity as the market turns back up again a few years down the road.

Rental Income is $875-$925 per side/per month (we listed the low end) Gross rents $1750 Taxes $222 Insurance $82 Management $140 (Original placement fees paid for, no other charges) Repairs $0 (It is new with builder warranty) Utilities $0 (Tenants pay all as wriiten in contract) Maintenance $0 (Tenants pay all as written in contract) Vacancy $0 (we have a variety of new tenants to choose from) Vacancy $105 (Lets put 6% in there anyways to satisfy you) Administration Costs $0 (Management handles everything for their 8% monthly fee) Total Expenses $549 (should be $540 assuming the 6% vacancy reduce management fees, which is why I take vacancy out first as it Does affect the OE) NOI = $1210 Debt Service = $906 Cash Flow with vacancy assumption = $304 ($152 per door)I think that speaks volumes about how you calculate cash flow.

Well first of all, at least in my state it's not legal for someone to charge you a percentage of the deal for their services unless they are a licensed realtor.