Well....the average salary for an agent starting up in the states is $12,000 to $20,000 a year....and that's after considerable searching around and months if not a year of closing a few deals...try to find the money for the schooling as it can be a rearding career in the not too distant future....panamamalcolm

Usually a 700+ FICO needed...we have seen 680 work with above average assets.

Figure out your averages.

Marking up a product or service is part of doing business.

I giggled a bit when you said you want to continually be improving your properties because most of us want to get nice rentals and not have to always be fixing them up (you know how things hit you sometimes when you are speed reading).But it sounds lovely that you want to provide a quality product to good people.

Hainey on Green Acres (if you're old enough) he just flipped signs on his truck to sell what ever product or service was applicable to the situation. :)

I like @BriannaSchmidt idea about the open house, I work full time and the only time I have an issue is when I have a unit vacant, but I deal in houses that just don't have much turn over, screen my tenants well, and the average tenant stays 2+ years, so that isn't much of a problem.

They are trying to move that product so they will know.John

I'm guessing at an average purchase price of $20k per he will have to do an extensive rehab to the tune of about $40k per.

I think this idea is way outside of the realm of the concerns for the average investor.