To date, no one at the biggest banks has gone to prison for pushing bad loans onto people who never deserved a loan, all in the form of a Wall Street bonus.

Nice area and the prices for SFR's are a lot lower than in my area which is a big bonus.

As for the seller's agent, if you found the house and you are the buyer (assuming you are serious), 90% of the work is done for the agent so for him/her to collect 1.5% is nothing but a bonus for them.Not all agents give up majority of their commission to brokers.

The bonus is they also appreciate and I can unload them for a profit at any time.A Few Things to Note:1) I invest in and out of state.

You can confirm when you speak to property managers ask them what they see expenses per category per unit and what they see properties selling for per unitPaul

Have used similar numbers to other properties even though the numbers provided were lower in every expense category.

Ask what they see them selling for and what expenses are by category.

An opportunistic Hvac guy was trying to secure a bonus in the early season by selling a bunch of outdated furnaces, under the premise of "the mean old government" increasing his costs.

It is more of a place to live with a bonus of getting our feet wet in the landlording business.

The forum gets far more traffic than the blog section of the site, Huggy, but your comparing apples to oranges, IMO -- they are two different kinds of mediums, IMO.BTW - You can track views of any forum post by going to the category it is posted in and looking at the view count.That said, we ask that you not post the same thing in both the blogs and forums for the sake of not confusing people and splitting them...