If they have time to look around and your rent is fair they will figure out it's better to stay put.

Find out what property management companies use for those figures.

I figure I walk into a lawyers office and read the contract if it says anything I do not understand I will not sign it and not pay.

And they aren't close to being done, they started taping and floating last week and figure they'll lose money on it!

The market where I live is pretty slow so I figured a good selling point may be to offer owner financing.

In the state of Oh you need to figure on spending about 4000.00 to get you paper.how long dose it take?

I've read that some folks believe in a small negative cash flow for a year or two if the overall deal looks good but I figure I'm taking enough of a risk if the property ever sits empty a month or two so I look for properties I can buy with 5% down that then support a positive flow from the get go.

I would like to figure out a way to fairly share the utility costs with the tennants.

Figured most could be used for the purchase, and some for the rehab.With the softening market, a realtor friend has suggested renting the property for at least a year.

I am still trying to figure out what is effective.