I assume you're taking into consideration everything for the homes: taxes, insurance, vacancy, repair reserves, expenses (CPA, utilities, permits/fees), property management, etc.The way I have been able to purchase my investments in such a short span, is to purchase investments which need significant improvements, complete the improvements myself (I'm a contractor as my day job), rent the unit and then refinance to pull cash out.In addition to doing that, I went to friends and asked to borrow money.

. $200 per year-Test and Study materials to get license- $500-Brokerage fees - Depends on the broker

In fact, that is how you get enemies and have me ensure that everyone from Code Enforcement, building departments, utilities, etc that have built relationships with, knows this is how this person acts.

I always assume 6 months of holding costs (taxes, insurance, utilities, interest).

If a full tear down doesn't work because of county/city codes or something you can demo all except the utility wall.

Review some of the old podcasts and review some of the material in the learn section and you are on your way.

I found these videos from CrowdCheck's site yesterday and they're some of the best material I have found on the net about the tradeoffs and balancing that is going on with the current rules.Title III Decoded: A Closer Look at the Proposed SEC RulesWatch the Second Annual CrowdCheck ConferenceCo-founder Brian Knight speaks on crowdfunding panel at UVA School of BusinessThere is some great discussion on these videos if you invest some time watching them.I haven't found a lot of discussion or commentary on how promoters indemnify themselves.

I've joined the BP community to utilize the educational resources.

We usually have a certified hvac guy do our furnace filters, it cost us $70 per house but then we get a rebate from the utility co. and he checks the units then also checks the house for us.

I have 40 years construction background so I act as the project manager and can do line item estimation and purchasing of labor and material.