Very impressive!

It varies a lot based on the county and the interest rates.The only want to tell is to select some counties that sell TLCs.

a guarantee, i believe, is different because i'm under the impression that it won't show up in your credit report (someone correct me if they know differently), but if anything happens, the banks come to you to collect.

So far the problem has not been with the agency (ie Asset Manager), it has been with the Realtor they have selected to represent them.

Our next step is to study sales and market trends of improved (developed or built-on) properties in a selected area.

@David McBrayer If you go REIT you lose the control of selecting properties.

No fees are charged if we don't collect.Before you select management, always, always, ALWAYS interview three companies. 

Here in the Maritimes where oil, natural gas and electricity are equally expensive, a heat pump is an ideal replacement for a gas furnace (we've replaced a handful in the past three years).Of course, the selection of a heating fuel is only a factor until you design the building to be sufficiently efficient that a traditional HVAC system is not required ... an area where we are decades behind despite some of the earliest building efficiency research having been done in Canada and the U.S.A.

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My grandpa has a pretty impressive portfolio of SFR and small multifamilies worth about $5,000,000.... and it's all paid off!