Screening will be your most important skill.You can market your property most effectively on affordablehousing.com (formerly gosection8.com)

Unless the rent growth exceeds the inflation rate, you will not have the necessary additional dollars to continue buying the same goods and services you did in the past due to the effects of inflation.

A few months ago I wouldn’t get a reply Could you provide an example of a concise email that's effective. 

We are hereby cancelling your existing month-to-month tenancy effective September 31, 2015.

The property has been operating as a Duplex for decades, well before the city zoning plan came into effect in the 80s. 

Sitting on the rental market too long can have the same effect as a house sitting in the MLS too long- people could assume something’s wrong with it because it has been on the market for so long.Good luck to you!

That is, the income is technically taxable, but it's exactly offset by the deductible expense, so the net effect is zero.There are a couple ways you could account for it--in both cases, you'll record your payment to the municipality as an expense.1.

I don't recall a single word of actual advise or change he effected.

@Katlynn Teague - I like to listen to investors who are asset agnostic and focus on macro trends, then follow those trends down to how real estate is effected. - George Gammon has really good insights and puts the info into a digestible format. - Robert Kiyosaki is always a fun listen - These days I am choosing the BP On the Market Podcase over the standard or rookie show .. but the BP Classic or Rookie show are always fun. - Onward by Fundrise - The Real Estate CPA Podcase.

If you're like me, then you have a little voice in your head that expresses your "fears for the future" by saying things like . . ."