I recently sent my second campaign of direct mailers and I have 4 leads out of it but three of them are people that are curious as to how much I would be willing to offer for their property.

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I believe it goes back to what the agent said individuals who have been pre-qualified but when the bank makes it's final decision they don't meet the criteria of having enough for closing and three months of the mortgage in savings people or the other numerous stipulations. 

Financials need to show sufficient cash flow, paying obligations in priority, financing, taxes, insurance, investor's principal contribution, operational expenses then allowances for maintenance and vacancy.  

So carrying cost is huge.Also, the house is very unique for Chicago - Spanish Villa type home (stucco exterior) and the driveway is shared by three other houses.

In many instances, you can triple net the commercial space sufficiently to cover your debt service, with the residential offering greater mobility in the short run.

Hi RenardonI don't really have a list of the Top three properties, but I do have a top one. 

My goal was to have the apartments fully rented so that I could refinance them when I returned stateside.My goal for the future:1.My goal is to incorporate the common areas into additional bedrooms for the apartments.a.1,100 sq ft of common area is unacceptable.2.Combine two of the single bedroom apartments into one three bedroom apartment.The local college built additional dorms, so more demand now for 2 and 3 bedroom apartments for families instead of one bedroom apartments for students.

I'm not an expert by any means but I have three properties now and each deal I do has a better return.