An allowable 5% increase in rents is allowed per year.

Do you think it's likely that he could really increase the value enough in a year to turn a profit on them?

And, that if you look at the price of crude in euros that the increase is less dramatic.If the point is that we are buying oil from unfriendly countries, then that is very true.

This was a fun experiment for me, and I'm glad I tested the waters to see how things have been going.Since I first prepared the portfolio it has increased 14% in 2 months.

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Would one additional property make it increasingly difficult to do so?

Exo,All excellent questions.I find it hard to believe that the larger house will not receive higher comps, and if it does, you will have more value when you sell it due to the increased sq. footage.

From what I am aware of the best way to increase your cash quickly would be by wholesaling properties.

So you will either have to increase rent to about $500 per month or lower the price down, or get a better interest rate or get a 30 year or 40 year mortgage.....And finally your last problem, which might be your toughest hurdle (as i had this problem) Unless you are in good with your banker you will be hard pressed to find anyone to give you funding for such a low amount

My theory in short (abstract from my blog) is this:With a devalued dollar, China and India needing more energy to address their industrial growth, supply and demand ratio increasing on a daily basis - the amount we pump out of the ground is inversely proportional to the demand in the world, a subsidized price that we were paying in the past in the USA (around 90s and early 2000) and Inflation.