The net property investment is usually the down payment — which is the property’s cost minus the amount you borrowed.It’s a simple formula, but it’s critical to know how to calculate cash-on-cash return in order to be a successful investor.

They're hard to come by at the moment with the prices, but I'm keeping my eyes open and I'm in no rush since I have other income sources. 

Find a smart good local agent and then make a  long-term partnership is critical. 

Sounds like you're trying to gain traction using short term gains to get critical mass to buy a hold property. 

We cannot arbitrarily increase the rent too in NJ, we wud have let them bring it if they cud compensate us in increased rent.We did call them few days ago to try to smooth things out but they just went on a rant and they didn't let us talk, the call went for about 2.5 hours, and they started arbitrarily criticizing everything about us even though we have been very accommodating,  responsive and helped them with references.

In the long run, you can definitely make money when your investments rise 10% in a year but I prefer to do the cash flow play as my preferred source of investment. 

@Luke DavisWith the so many metrics thrown around on BP, some are straightforward some are not, and still others are often misunderstood (i.e. cap rate being the most misunderstood), it may help to first identify WHAT can be measured in a real estate investment and then look at HOW they are commonly measured.The four sources of return in rental real estate (i.e.

I'm still new, and love criticism as long as I'm learning from it!!

Here's some "light" reading if you want to learn more about this subject directly from the source (IRS):IRS: Federal Tax Liens - RedemptionsIRS: Legal Reference Guide for Revenue Officers - Federal Tax LiensIRS: Guidelines for Processing Notice of Federal Tax Lien Documents

hello, can anyone give me more information on this? double closing is allowed in NC but would have to be separate pots of money and treated as two separate transactions. is this correct?