A typical "origination fee" for a conventional loan is 1%.

There is a TON of knowledge out there in your local community and people who are willing to share it.You can also save the buyer side commission when you buy a place and you can typically even save the listing fee as well.

Unlike the typical 360 tours, the way I do tours allows my clients to "experience" properties in the comfort of their home with a comrehensive walkthrough of the property.

Originally posted by Dan O'connor:The "Dummies" books typically offer a good primer for various topics.

By the way, typical direct mailing gets about 1-3% return.

It was used to extend loans from shorter loans to fully amortized, longer term loans (typically 20-25 years).

First a death, followed by the loss of a small fortune . . . wow.You bring up a good point on the FDIC, but that bailout is simply the printing of more money by the Fed -- typically followed by inflation.

If they find a FSBO for me I typically will pay the fees to them (what ever the minimun is).

If the home has no equity or little then why would you want it.Here is my typical deal.Home value 125KBalance on loan 70KPITI 655 per month.I will get 950-1,000.00 per month.Not a great cashflow deal.

Actual taxable income on rentals is typically pretty small.