A lot of REI are fairly high income successful salespersons, lawyers, doctors, etc, or are just very frugal relative to their income level.

It seems pretty kosher to structure your deal so that all costs related to these fees are attached to the closing costs so that all investors would equally share in the cost.I hope this helps!

Often it will be temporary, but temporary is relative and may be longer than you want.

Im about to put 3% down to book a townhome is milpitas. i haven't visited the physical site yet but got on their priority list through their web site. 

By the way, your 5% for repairs/maintenance is low unless this is a relatively new building in great condition in an A class neighborhood.

I'm relatively new to real estate investing, currently renovating my residence in the Cincinnati (Oakley) area.

Related to the author's post, the rents do seem low.

I’ve built a mobile friendly web app designed to organize information for landlords and I was planning on adding applications to it next so this is good timing.

The NC Agriculture web site(s) have a lot of information about it.

I have assumed that they are relatively stable for prices but when time gets tough it might be harder to find tenants that meet the criteria.