If you also belive that rents will rise in the near term (I do) then this is really the time to start refinancing properties and expanding your rental base.

As a Realtor/Birddog, I constantly find that Zillow is not accurate in my market.

Charlie Swindall aka Gladhatter here from beautiful hills near Clintwood Virginia USA.Bit about me is we are the last of the the traditional ultra custom hand made hat makers in the world.

Having a personal goal of doing REI full time is great, in fact that's where I hope to spending a lot of my time in the near future, but keeping your money coming now with your sales commissions is just as important as learning the REI business.

By THE HOUSE I mean the one that we weren't redigning in our head while we were writing the offer.In your shoes I'd be inclined to get a place in a (hopefully in the near future) "improving" neighborhood.

I am a Home Inspecter near Detroit Michigan.

The state / national exam only takes a few hours but it may still take you another month or more to get your license back from the state as approved (it took me nearly 2 months).Massachusetts, by contrast, is lightning quick.

Nearly 4000 foreclosures each month.

-Accept rent payments by electronic check; reduces your administrative cleanup and reduces delinquent rents, saving you time and money.Really, the possibilities are nearly endless.

If one is purchasing near the median price there is generally +- 7% on the table before the transaction begins.