While you can't fully depend on appreciation it's definitely a nice factor for the properties I own.

Cash in the bank is nice but not as helpful on the score as paying off the car.John Corey

Nice to meet you, AA and John.I'm in North Broward.

In some ways we are likely saying the same thing but...There is a difference between making something nice and making it nice enough.The market for a rental is generally capped.

When their comfortable, I'll sell back to them w/ a profit of around 5-10K (I'm a nice guy), plus I'll be making some cash monthly from rents.

It would be nice to put a brief reply here after you have done so.

Nice people, able to manage the paperwork, clueless on what investors care about.Agents who also invest and work with multiple other investors are diamonds.

Originally posted by "REI":What I want is the ability to just flag a thread as something I have seen, something that I no longer want to know about so it does not even show as having new activity.John CoreyThat would be nice.

They did a nice job, but the timing was lousy.

Quick list:Boarded up homes"Motivated Seller" in the MLS descriptionFSBO'sUgly home in nice neighborhoodEtc...Then the most important part: Ask!