They've since been bought out by Intuit, a publicly traded finance company, which I think is a good thing if you are worried about security.  

Don't list any of the RE values in securities, unless it is a publicly traded company.  

Trading rental income for interest income... one passive the other work.. but tax wise not quite as good as I lose my deprecation..

I am an anesthesia provider by trade.

The problem also is in the fact that 1-4 unit properties do not trade on cap rate, so although you can still add value to these properties, you can not calculate your return using cap rate.

Plus 50% of costs is a fair trade between you and the tenant.

Hi Delmas,For my properties, I try to be proactive and spend money to lessen or avoid calls from tenants unless it's an emergency.

That money fills my bills/emergency fund (3mos expenses) then spills over into my savings bucket.   

Sold on a Friday but trades didn't settle until next Thursday, so money wasn't available to be rolled until the following Friday plus three business days.  

With rates trading in a narrow range, the purchase market continues to show strength, with application volume running about 7 percent ahead of last year," said Fratantoni.Refinance applications increased to 46.7 percent of total applications from 45.5 percent in the previous week.