Starting this year it will increase to 3% around in the fall.

Value adds are increase rents, convert owner utilized sheds to tenant rentable space, decrease property taxes, shift some utilities to tenants, late fees, application fees.I agree with your statement about paying themselves more if they wanted too.

It is essential that you refinance as fast as possible after purchase to increase your bottom line and reap the benefits of having tied up your cash.. 

We don't have the state/fed gov backed push to increase home ownership that planted the seeds for sub prime/ NIJA/ No Doc loans.

As a result, my credit limit has increased exponentially.

HI all, I am buying a duplex (my first investment property). I have a LLC for my restaurant which has been in business for about 4-5 years. I'm considering putting the property under this business name. First, I would...

Organic loss to lease would be any losses in potential rent due to the natural lease up cycle, meaning if rents are growing in the market, then leases dating back 11 months ago would be renting at a lower rate than market but this doesn’t necessarily mean the property has under market rents and a strong opportunity to increase rents.

Since then, I added an additional bathroom, increased its value, was able to do a cash out refi and pulled out my down payment.

My question is do we do this in one big increase? 

Leases are usually flat (no increases) and for a period of 5 years, with two 5-year options to renew at a predetermined amount.