My average insurance bite in Florida is now at two+ months rent, it was one month 10 years ago.Limiting the property tax increase to 10% for non-homestead is really just a smoke-screen for the continuing rise in taxes for business property owners.My average property tax bite is now at two+ months rent, it was one months rent 10 years ago.The housing recovery willed be slowed in Florida as buyers realize the implications of the higher bite of property taxes in any rental property evaluation.

Check how much is needed to maintain the gross rental income People who are familiar with Rent-Implied Home Value concept may try to inflate it by hidding the ongoing costs needed to maintain the grosss rental income.

The costs for getting a tenant are rising with along other costs, but at least you could sign a one or more years lease to help with teh amortization of the costs.

With time, rents will rise, mortgage will amortize.

LOL 90% CR um I would be very very cautious and I would never trust a broker's word on cap rate anyway because a lot of them have a tendency to over inflate the cap rate.

Printing money out of thin air and diluting (destroying) the currency will certainly cause inflation to explode.

Highlights of the new regulations include:--A Form 668, Notice of Federal Tax Lien, may be filed either in paper form or electronically;--With regard to a Notice of Federal Tax Lien that includes a certificate of release, failure to timely refile the Notice in any jurisdiction where it was originally filed would extinguish the lien;--A purchaser of property in a casual sale is protected against a filed tax lien if the sale price is less than $1,000 (adjusted for inflation - $1,320 in 2008);--A holder of a mechanic lien is protected against a filed tax lien with respect to residential property in an amount up to $5,000 (adjusted for inflation - $6,600 in 2008);--Household goods are exempt from levy to the extent they don't exceed $6,250 in value (indexed for inflation - $7,900 in 2008);--The regulations indicate that there is generally a 10-year period (reflecting the period in Code Sec. 6502 ) for instituting a proceeding in court or serving a levy to collect a properly assessed tax.Preamble to Proposed Regulations 4/16/08; Prop Reg § 301.6323(b)-1 , Prop Reg § 301.6323(c)-2 , Prop Reg § 301.6323(f)-1 , Prop Reg § 301.6323(g)-1 Labels: Levies, Liens

As for finding deals...you build a regiment of sources til the cream rises to the top.

That worked when prices were rising.

Basically, when the economy expands the Fed raises interest rates to control inflation.