to Mark GrahamI lookin to learn.

The way I see it, if I sell I lose about 10K (between the house probably selling a for a couple grand less than I paid, closing costs, and commission) which means I would have to own the house about 6 years before I reach the 10k mark. 

Mark, I also don't mind electric baseboards.

@Mark Holencik Sorry Mark, I appreciate your response, I didn't mean regarding paying taxes, I meant as claimable income toward qualifying for traditional financing.

Now I want to get into real estate investing  and I'm worried about the marks on my credit score.

Originally posted by @Mark Holencik:I never consider appreciation when buying.

@Joshua Dorkin @Steve Babiak @Rich Weese @Bill Gulley @Will Barnard @Mark Yuschak @Jon Klaus @Nick J.

Also 12 months is usually top of the mark on timeline unless you are doing a million dollar project.

The back of my truck had many jab marks knocking large dents into it. 

That isn’t the case in all markets though.5)  Finally, it would be foolish to ignore the fact that there are loads of opportunities for a dishonest actor to cause harm, especially on the maintenance side: Defer maintenance, Bill for Maintenance never engaged, Request unnecessary maintenance or Mark maintenance up excessively, etc.