Buyers need plenty of flexibility and patience in order for these transactions to work for them.

Chances are your fix and flip business offers returns superior to the rental business.The exception to relying totally on the results of this analysis are 1- you want to hedge against hyper inflation in which hard assets with flexible rental rates are superior and/or 2- you want rentals for diversification away from your fix and flip business.As a wealth accumulation tool the buy and hold strategy is not quick; it is however tested and of a high percentage of success.

You should have no problem competing, they have to hit a yield with more expenses applied to each property than an individual, more flexible and local investor would ever have in the property.If they own 200 properties in some area, they will have a more efficient operation, but from the ground up, that local maintenance guy, there will be a sting of managers and staff up the food chain adding to the expenses.

2) Have a maintenance budget3) for your case, allocate a standard % of the maintenance budget for the handyman but through the manager on a monthly basis (like a retainer).In this way, both parties can be flexible and disputes over repair costs are minimized by an stable monthly expenditure (on your part) and stable income (for the repairman's part)His particular skills naturally must be taken into account considering your needs,Hope this helped, I'm going through the same thing more or less - prob less :)

If you are able to pay the tax now it may provide you with more flexibility and tax benefits as well.

This option is more flexible and is a win win for buyer / seller if seller doesn't mind waiting for the maturity of the loan.

RE is GOOD & it does offer financial freedom & flexibility.

You will want a certain degree of flexibility so think of getting your brokers license as soon as you can because the average broker has a retail resale business mindset.

Seems to be flexible for tenants with and without computers.

In areas with high unemployment and no work, contractors are more flexible.