Bill if you need an student(newbie from florida ),to prove the point i'm here at your service.LOL, thanks, but you can get my feedback my mentioning me here in the forums.That was tactful done CJ, LOL, what most investors really lack is overall RE knowledge, from that with a good understanding of regulatory issues as to what is common in their area they really won't need to "follow" some guru strategy as the all arise out of basic knowledge.I like to point out that the sandwich lease option is based in the oldest concept around, the King granting use in title to Lords who in turn leased the land.

Tabatha L.Those ratios and indicators - along with others - all provide insight, but you need to understand how they all inter-relate and know that many of them (perhaps all) can give you false security ... especially in isolation.For example, we recently looked at a property whose GRM was just over 6, but the operating expense ratio (operating expenses / gross revenue) was over 70% (the annual heating & hot water bill was ~1/3 of the gross revenue).Cash-on-Cash (CoC) return of 35% is all smiles, but not that common in the real world.

Not sure how common that is in WA.

Bill Gulley ,I see a common theme here.

Such is rather common, they get divorced, life changes, they come to town for a new job and would rather lease than buy initially.Guess it depends on how and what that other LL was` saying, like complaining or trying to help, whatever.Good luck in your selection. ;)

NOT common area!

Just to keep the facts clear.Not sure about all Federal Government liens, but for the ones I most commonly come across - namely IRS liens - the snippet in the quote is not correct.

So if I want to solve this once and for all, I need to open that whole wall up all the way across, and really lower the kitchen drain to accommodate a deep sink with a disposer, and the current connections at the stack means I can't do all that, not legally anyways.So I went back to the HOA documents, and guess what, it says the HOA is responsible to fix anything in common walls.

The terms, phrases and words do not necessarily refer to the same meaning as in common English or tax law or real estate, it's not about real estate or taxes.

Also, what about lawn maintenance, snow removal, common area utilities?