Run the amortization charts. 1-2% over the life of a loan makes a big dang difference.

Total lot size is 1.5 AC.  

As I recall, they told me that an average size house would cost 5% of the sale price.  

They know what size house is the best rental in their area. 

But like anything else, it really just depends on other factors like your budget size, age of home, etcMy $.02.

What were the sizes of some of your 1st investments?

No mortgage, No HML (unlikely to get loan for - or the interest would out kill the profit ), No flipping (see *3*)Bid size: most of winning bid is 40% - 75% property retails value.

I have the size, abstract number the Survey, the Tract, and the city but google earth only gets that down to a 10 acre survey area and this property is .25 acres.

If days on market is < 30 days and my home is of similar size, layout, and finish to the other homes, I'd sell without a realtor.Also, do you really mean fsbo, or are you talking about a low cost broker?

This is a good clause to have: "Tenant may plant the beds adjacent to their dwelling to their liking, but only with those plants that are of appropriate size and type for the beds.