If you have detailed records, though, you should be able to figure out what your vacancy losses were, and add them to both the expenses (numerator) and rent (denominator) to get the the corresponding ratio.That is:50% rule ratio = (actual expenses + vacancy losses) / (collected rent + vacancy losses)

., City- owned building, a new artists supply store, and numerous private studios and galleries nearby.-- The City and surrounding areas have been defined as a metropolitan-dominated region, with Charlotte serving as the central economic engine and employment center.

Yet the one that was $61,xxx the bank only bid to $50,xxx at the trustee sale even though BOA wouldn't negotiate at all off the $96,xxx number they gave as payoff before so I always feel it's just a gamble as to if you can make a deal with owner or not.

It also sounds more like gambling than it does investing. 

Two investors I know take pictures and then use vflyer, which publishes the same ad to numerous sites, including zillow, trulia, ebay classified, and others.If you do a direct mail campaign, what demographics do you target?

But, there are numerous options that must be considered.

Too bad if you can't qualify for a mortgage due to bad credit or lack of income; they are happy to take our 12% and after three years, they can simply repossess the property if you can't pay it off (we can't).These houses turned out to have numerous problems not fixed by the rehabbers; we are rresponsible for the repairs.

It's only about the size of a long toothpaste box. ...There are numerous scanner apps for smart phones, so you don't have to lug around scanner and laptop just to scan a receipt from a store or restaurant :)  Just get a smart phone and get one of those scanner apps.

In my opinion, it is a gamble to buy non-warrantable condos and hoping they will some day double in value when they become warrantable.

Buyer is fortunate enough to get 6% and bid price returned.Story 3: Buyer purchases numerous liens through the tax sale.