If they ask for a downpayment explain to them you can give them a small amount now and a nice cash flow every month.

I dont believe there are any magic system rather than good old fashion work.

Building up a nice portfolio but feel like I'm being nickel and dimed to death!

Acutally, we will probably be moving out of there here soon (and turning our house back into a rental again) but by owning most of the houses on the street it will help us keep a 'standard' for the street and help keep everything looking nice.

These are all very nice houses, but in dubious areas, not full-on warzones, but not too far from warzones either.

steve,i talked to our agent and she said that $995 (the previous price) was a great price for the area. she said it's clean, nice, super maintained, updated, etc. she said nothing negative although i asked.her feedback was "there's a tenant for every house, and you have not found yours yet".i think the competition this year is fierce since more people like me purchased houses low and are renting them out. i am fine with that....but my house is the lowest price in the suburb. the agent asked for 1 month's rent to list it and she said she can rent it. i already "lost" 2 months rent. if it's true and she can do it, i should have gone with her...

Or that its impossible to make a nice paycheck when you close a deal.

Not to mention a NEW LLC or entity etc. that could change with each partner.Separate taxes too which is nice.

Some commented that it looked really nice on the inside.

I want to echo what James and others are saying, banks have wised up and now they're releasing their inventories in a controlled fashion and pricing them very aggressively to move fast so they can mark them to market on their books and move on.