I recently wrote a forum post about looking at a range of returns, because while your estimates may be the average, it's unlikely that your return will fall exactly there..

Today you can expect to spend $25-40k and get rents in the $550-$900 range.

And I've had agents who made a great deal turn into a nightmare.But all in all, I think agents and Realtors tend to be more conservative because they know that there are a lot of deadbeats and people who couldn't close a door, let alone a 100k property.I don't see a lot of bad advice being given but there is a range of advice being given.The same is true in the real world with Sellers, Buyers and Agents.

As I said in my post right above this one, I am fairly excited to take out my first, second, and maybe even third mortgages in my local area in 2014 using interest rates in the 4.xx% range, 25% down on 30 year notes, holding for 25 years until I retire, which thus sounds like now would be a "good time to buy."

The responses range from "yes, that would be fine", to "we could handle that in a couple months", to "an $X increase would be a lot easier".

His calm demeanor changed and he started making snide remarks towards us when we asked for what was in our rental agreement.6.

That is well within a doable range.

Is that your price range or the amount of money you have?

I've never been able to obtain an insurance policy for less than $600/year on properties in this price range.2.

I’ve been looking for several months and nothing in my price range gets 2%.