A couple of the many examples are: - When the house was broken into we called the emergency answering service to ask if the PM was the one who had entered the house before we called the police to file a report.

For example I find a seller who wants to sell their house to me, would I just ask "Do you owe anything on the house?"

Only one example of the vacancy rate, if you have 12 months assumed as 100% and one month vacancy you have 8.33%, two months vacancy result to 16.66%, so dont plan with only 6%!

For example, use the line of credit to purchase a home in cash to take advantage of the discounts (closing cost, etc.).

For examples, see our Companies Directory or our BiggerPockets Profile.The new company profiles are far more robust than the previous ones, and have some great features to allow businesses to interact here on the site, including:- Companies no longer require admin approval from BiggerPockets.

@Rob K - you know that they can do things like hook-up utilities in an illegal manner, for example. :)

This is a good example why you should never buy a house sight unseen.

I plan on attending the ext available REIC meetings scheduled in my area to hopefully meet a few like minded individuals with more experience/knowledge. 2nd, for example, lets say I want to buy a 3 unit building and live in one of the units myself.

For example if majority is vinyl siding, ceramic tile, standard cabinets and laminate counter tops, VS wood siding or brick, marble or slate, custom cabinets, and granite counter tops.

It is nice when someone posts real examples of things that can (and will) happen.