With a heloc the interest rates will go up and down, they aren't fixed so that is an element of risk you are opening yourself up to.

Here, you essentially multiply the outstanding capital by the pref and that's what you are accruing. 

I definitely prefer not to work with Realtors because I feel I can bring a human element to the conversation that a Realtor is not able to.

So if you have debt there’s some element of “interest rate arbitrage” you can do.2.)

This primarily comes down to:increasing revenue - essentially raising rents {primary revenue stream} or adding ancillary revenue streams (parking, storage, vending machines, etc.)

The customer support was able to help, but unfortunately, I learned very quickly that the T-mobile chip set that came with the base station was not reliable... so while the alarm system tested and was working OK... the signal was not good, so that it would go in and out, and essentially be useless.After a few days of screwing around, and troubleshooting every other possibility, Simplisafe decided to send me Verizon chip set.  

There is no such thing as a truly passive income vehicle where you essentially "set it and forget it".  

By over pricing your home based on the current comps in the area your essentially using the market against you.

The long term growth in property prices in the LA Long Beach metro is about 7.14% (1976 to 2016, Federal Reserve); so using the rule of 72, the price would or should double in 10 years.Also the 45% expense estimate is in some ways high as there are companies able to achieve 38 to 40% and rent would or should be expected to grow at at least 3% per year in LA even with rent controls to keep pace with inflation.It is sort of the nature of the LA market and some of the other markets where you essentially go long, as opposed markets like Atlanta or St.

Essentially took 3 months, the difference there is it rented for exactly what we thought it would.