Prepayment penalties can be used to insure against an early payoff.The times I’ve used this technique to create high yielding note I enhanced the return by being able to sell the property above the price I paid.  

Hey Catherine,We classify it as a 'Delayed Purchase' and set it at 80% of purchase price. 

The tenant should have renter's insurance for this exact reason.

If they can't or won't meet that test (for any alleged reason), then no point in doing business. 

Purchase price: $190,000 Cash invested: $60,000 Sale price: $355,000 Contributors: Peter Vekselman Partner Driven, in collaboration with Brittney Sciandra, successfully completed a fix-and-flip on Church St, Baltimore, MD 21225.

Its easier if you can just nonrenew them because you don't have to justify any reasoning for that. 

The monthly rent to purchase price is typically 0.8 percent.As a first step, I was only looking to be able to find better deals which have a nicer rent to price ratio [once the deal is done, a PM company can pick up from there].

Purchase price: $160,000 Cash invested: $35,000 A Bigger Pocket member I met at a local networking event had never invested, but really wanted to.

Keeping the power on is important for many reasons, but especially in the Summer to keep the house air conditioned.

Purchase price: $635,000 Cash invested: $200,000 Built in 1880 as a single-family address, this rare three-story grand brownstone designed by Ogden and Wright was purchased by myself and investors for conversion to a boutique hotel.