And some of the power packs that come with small electronic devices are often only two prong to start.

When a tenant decided to move I'd advertise immediately and be showing the place before the tenant even left.

If you only have 3 rentals, you have the time to fix up a rental if a tenant moves out or to advertise and reshow it at a much higher rental rate.

They advertise in their home town 200 miles away for people like themselves who are local to their home and enjoy ocean vacations.

Here's my view on it (I did the expenses a little differently): Rent (roomates and other side of duplex: $1650 Expenses- Vacancy (at 1 month vacant for each spot per year: $137.50 Maintenance (at about $3500 total per year): $292 PITI: $1320 ($164K loan with 3.5% down, 6%, 30 years) Advertising/cleaning for vacancies: $84 (out of $1000 annually) Monthly loss: $183.50 But wait!

I would say I like Hostgator more b/c I don't get a million advertisement emails from hostgator.

jon, i can see why you financed...with a 4% loan or less(have you seen what they're advertising now??)..

my OLD body cant stand a sawsall.Better yet would be that flat bladed dremel tool they advertise on TV.

Steve - Look above and below the menu system . . . you'll see an advertisement.

I am a much bigger fan of just adjusting your rent and advertising to help tune your vacancy rate.