What about utilities (when the units are empty, I assume you'll need to pay for these)?

Or utilities?

You can read it here, if you like: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/6874079/psychic-benefits-nba-lockoutThe point is basically that NBA teams are typically awful businesses, yet shrewd, wealthy business people buy them, so there has to be some type of intrinsic value or non-financial utility that owning an NBA team provides to the owners, otherwise all owners would sell and the league would eventually shut down.

Apparently, it's common practice in LV.Anyone else have this issue or this is just an isolated incident.

Here is a summary:1 Most common.

That makes you yeild (cash on cash return is the more common term here) more like 8.5%.So, what's missing.

By the way, I don't think US Wide Financial serves all states, but I found them through bankrate's website using their rate search and so I'm sure there would be similar mortgage companies who also utilize this program.

I've seen places out here that essentially rent out rooms and have a common kitchen/bathroom.

There are tons of additional threads and setting up new entities if your equity exceeds $250k in one, raising capital, utilizing blanket and other insurance to protect you from claims, keeping debt on product to discourage suits, using trusts to hide assets, etc.

Deed restrictions on rentals are very common and a real double-edged sword...no restrictions are great for investors until nobody can get a loan in the complex thus driving down values.