Those are exterior risks that impact all markets but you are a fool to not have some margin built in for those potential situations.Just re-evaluate on an quarterly basis to verify the direction of the wind and adjust accordingly and you should be in a good place.All of this presumes you can properly manage real estate once you own it.

Our non-debt costs are as follows:Insurance: $42/monthProperty Taxes: $125/monthProperty Management Fee: $150/monthIncludes renter insurance for tenant, home warranty for appliances, weekly external visual inspection, quarterly internal inspection with tenant, annual maintenance of property's systems (HVAC, flooring, etc.) and some for CAPEXTotal monthly non-debt costs = $317 which is 24% of the gross monthly rent. 

Down payment percentages for conventional 30-year fixed-rate mortgages among home buyers fell in the first quarter to an average of 16.98 percent, down from 17.59 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to a new report released by LendingTree.

This is a 1908 built 1.5 story home that is tax assessed at 872 sq ft main, 200 up , and a small quarter basement.

I submitted a return one year and was pretty surprised to get a notice of penalty from the IRS about a week later because the program had failed to file a necessary form regarding quarterly payments.

I think this can happen as soon as 4th quarter 2013.

Out of every 30 leads we normally get a deal under contract, so at 1000 per month, we are able to buy a property once per quarter.

Some areas, typically more rural areas, will use a "meets and bounds" survey that says "starting at the SW corner of the NW quarter section of section 14, township 3, range 5, north 100', then north 93 degrees west 300', blah de blah".

Well,assuming they are doing 3 loads a week at the laundrymat they're probably spending 10 bucks a week or more on quarters to use the machines.I would raise the rent 25 to 50 bucks a month for the convenience of having private indoor laundry and not having to schlep themselves to the hot,disgusting laundromat every week again.

Call Ellie Reimer at First Alliance title and ask for the "2nd Quarter 2016 Home Trends" report.