That's what a forum is about and so far you are being very elusive.I understand your 50% rule of thumb completely, I just do not think it is accurate for all investments and I make a personal choice to use other calculations.I have said on numerous occassions that the 50% rule is simply a way of stating that the operating expenses in the United States for residential rentals run (average) 45% to 50% per year over time.

Richard,Thanks for the advice, I recently attended my first RE insider club meeting and found some real value, I really enjoyed Steve Bottfelds powerpoint, I thought there was a ton of good information there.

I would want to do all the details myself, they are simply their to find the property.A lot of attorneys love making things a lot more complicated than they should be.

Listed below is some info I thought that the average (not for investors, but do not get worried I have some really awesome stuff instore for you people too) homebuyer would enjoy and benefit from.

What I am saying is that many courses can actually teach you something - and others will simply try to sell you something else.Pardon the grammer - it's late and I couldn't sleep so I decided to hop online.

This is simply becasue a lot of web designers have been too lazy to upgrade and adhere to the web standard.

Hope you enjoy this site as much as I do :goofy:

At the bottom end of the rent scale, they may only get a $10 - $35 dollar per month increase, and the mid range $50 - $150.The other 1% simply don't get offered a renewal.

To say that most low and middle income tenants have terrible credit simply is not true.

Have enjoyed reading a lot of the questions, & the thoughtful & varied answers especially!