However, without going into details, I would recommend breaking down the expenses to make sure you have allocated all the expense needed such as management fees (even if you do the management yourself), cap ex, vacancy factors, etc... 

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When you factor the cost over 25 years, you're not saving a ton of money DIY'ing the roof. 

I'm glad I read it because I almost wrote one or two of the links you mentioned :)One more link that might be useful is the link for events: Events post on BPI also wanted to comment that I have listened to many podcasts (sometimes 8-10 a week) listening to older ones as well and feel I've learned a lot from them.

Looking at those factors, I felt more comfortable leaving my cash in the stock market- growing it slowly until i found a deal that would cash flow better.I finally decided to look out of state.

The LTV you receive on the refi will be dependent on multiple factors.

Here is a link to a work sheet for buyer's closing costs.

Looking for advice as this is my first purchase.THIS WOULD BE AN OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSE HACK SO IN MY OPINION THE PRICE ISNT A HUGE FACTOR.

So my question is what factors significantly drive up rental prices?