The housing voucher family must pay 30% of its monthly adjusted gross income for rent and utilities, and if the unit rent is greater than the payment standard the family is required to pay the additional amount.

There are things like cockroach infestations I need to think through on at least one of the properties and they all are going to require some roof work and/or getting the apartments up to speed.

 : ) Of course, you would need to adjust for inflation, from 1982 to 2016. 

I wanted to speed the process up and started flipping motorcycles and managed to pull a 10k profit to give me just enough for my down payment.

If you go out of your 7 block range or so then you'll need to take into consideration what kind of an area your using as a comparable is it better or worse than your area and make adjustments for that.

So I am earning $2750 more annually on my $100,000 from private mortgages than I would be from treasury bonds on a risk adjusted basis 

If it doesn't work, then adjust your strategy, but keep taking action.

The pertinent piece for me is the right to cure every 12 month period in terms of getting better tenant compliance because their option fee is now at stake instead of just one month of deposit.What I realized that I need to adjust in my Excel model is that I would be entering a contract to sell the property now for an agreed upon value greater than current value.

I'm new to the real estate investment realm, and the success stories on the site are pretty impressive. Something I'd be curious to hear more about are the "failures" or mistakes other investors have made. I think we ...

I'm sure you're still adjusting from the mission.Let's connect, I'd be happy to talk strategy with you and help you get started!