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.

I know I work just as many hours or more but it is nice having the flexibility and knowing that it is my business that is growing.

Because some real estate investors are making multiple offers per week, a bank simply doesn’t have the flexibility or the ability to work quickly enough to take advantage of an accepted offer and close fast.On the flip side, private and hard money lenders have answered the call of real estate investors and can respond and act quickly on new deals presented to them.

You will be looking for a bank or credit union does protfolio lending (warehousing), which is typically a loan that is not resold on the secondary mortgage market, so they have some flexibility on terms and rates.Credit union locator http://www.ncua.gov/NCUAMapping/Pages/NCUAGOVMapping.aspxBanks Locatorhttp://www2.fdic.gov/idasp/main.aspPull a list of banks and CU's headquartered in your state and preferably near your location.