I look at the lifestyles of the tremendously wealthy that have come out of real estate (today its not too hard to become a millionaire if you play it right), big mansions (if you can do what Cardone said, and pay the house off in cash),  luxury cars, you know high class living.I'm not necessarily looking to make it a career, rather one of many sources of income to build up a pretty net worth.

.$60k of depreciation, and only $15k of cap gains seems odd, even with a tremendous amount of capital improvements.  

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These number can be improved tremendously, but still are good compared to traditional investments.  

Hi everyone,Just wanted to start of by saying this site is great and has been a tremendous help and wanted to thank everyone that provides feedback on their investing experiences..

Should I escalate above my agent?

That mix of appreciation and cashflow has helped tremendously over the last few years.

Thank you both for your responses, they're tremendously helpful.

@Thomas Franklinthanks for the screening question that will help Tremendously!!!

Bank of America has an escalation department for both short sales and DIL's.