Last house I was told by one agent the buyer went to see 6 other rehabs in the neighborhood still came back and bought mine that was listed 20k higher than the competition.

Again, you're in a highly competitive market where deals are hard to come by now and money is abundant.

What is being asked today for a 3/2 on the south side of town is your competitive rent level, not what they guy asked 6 months ago.Many areas have a To Rent Magazine advertising apartments and dwellings, might look through that.You local public housing authority has current rent levels allowed by HUD according to your MSA (metro area) these are overall rents and not so much as to location, style or individual properties, but a starting point. :)

The glut of cheap homes represents competition.

Jon, I would have to look into that to be sure, but my "guess" is that they were not considering RE flipping as a competitive and active business which would most likely incur UBIT.

Check the competition. $50 under market would help if need be.

Love to know if Entrust has competitive rates/fees?

From what I understand, Phoenix is very competitive market.

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The ones who don't wont last long or will be stomped out by the competition.