All of that will help and your properties are better than those purchased by the vast majority of new investors who LOSE money and are forced out of business in a short period of time.

I typically spend more than other investors in town on my rehabs but I feel that I make my houses slightly nicer than the rest, my average so far is around 15K on a house.

Does anyone know if loopnet has a trial period?

For the twelve month period ending Sept. 30, 2007, for single family homes and condos listed through the MLS, 39% of licensees did not close a single transaction. 27% closed 2 or less, 12% closed 3-4, 14% closed 5-9 transactions, and 8% closed 10 or more sales.

Since you elect to not be on title, what method you you use to control the property during the negotiating period?

Rest assumed, its not just a matter of submitting surveys and sketches and waiting.

Just make sure to pay the balance before the interest free period expires.

Failure to correct within the time period, or repeating the same breach after the period, typically is grounds for lease termination, or some other step according to local law, and the tenant may be required to pay costs/damages as well.I would be quite surprised if the landlord were able to convince a judge to deduct the cost of mowing your yard under the circumstances you suggest.

Some are talking about the tenant not buying the property at the end of the lease period like it is a bad situation.

But here is the rest of the saga:My "apartment manager" has been known to mouth off and call people, unjustifiably no less "scum", "trailer trash" and so on and so forth.