It made it easier for us to evict the bad tenants without having to find replacement tenants for the entire apartment AND you can increase profits through "by the bedroom" rent.

I don't have any experience so its hard for me to find where I can increase value. 

These properties are still positive investments, even with 0% appreciation or increase in rent over 10yrs (4-7% IRR).

I’m thinking those Increases, coupled with the rising interest rates, may push the long run at appreciation towards it’s end.

I have a question, which I have yet to find an answer to in the forums. Although I'm sure after writing that statement, someone will share a link to a forum thread that I have yet to discover. (If you find this, pleas...

I live in Point breeze and I'm working on new construction projects along side hundreds of others that are helping to increase home values in the area every single day and keep them up for the long term.

I am facing a $200 increase per month.

My wife and I agree to allow them to dispute the appraisal with my lender. during this past week, the sellers apparently felt we were balking at continuing on the contract, and honestly we were, because we had seen other deals we might like to consider, and let's be honest, we don't think the dispute of the appraisal will net a $35,000 increase in value and make the sellers happy.

Since the equity is not helping you gain anything outside of security if you are comfortable with a little of risk on the property you could leverage to increase your income.

This transaction is considered an increased risk transaction.