., and that allows you to minimize risk.

Other than that, I would expect to pay points (origination fee) and perhaps a minimal loan prep fee (no more than $200) at closing.Any other fees and I'd negotiate them away...

It takes away our options which minimizes our leverage.Personally I'm not a big fan of email blast unless it's a property type we don't typically deal with and thus don't have a lot of buyers for.

Fire dept. smashed in the door because he had food on the stove when he swallowed a handful of pills.

The Blackstone funds are interesting in that they (minimally) file a Reg D, don't disclose revenue, are LPs, and are exempt from further filings.

If the property is a Short Sale or REO, then I would put minimal down.

Thanks to HARP 2 they all cash flow (minimally!).

I do them all the time with minimal effort.

I've been running most of my expenses through an LLC to minimize taxes at the end of the year, but it sounds like this isn't the best option in the eyes of conventional lenders.Steve Babiak thanks for the input, I was under the impression that as long as rent collections * 0.75 covered all expenses and the property was cash flow positive, the banks wanted to see the rental income for 6 months or so.

I did it for a few years and it was a ton of work for a minimal commission.