A 20% down payment will allow you to have a positive cash flow, even using conservative projections and a property management company.

As we evaluate deals, we're wondering if we're being too conservative with our estimates.

Your wife as conservator/guardian has an obligation to her mother and selling the property to herself creates a conflict of interest in that she stands to benefit as the buyer and is also making decisions for someone else as the seller.2.

It’s more conservative, the city itself is established, older neighborhoods, better city amenities (museums, arts/music etc), more pro sports, more hills, bigger river, has a streetcar, arguably better nightlife overall.

That said, even with conservative rental income estimates, my living expenses would eventually drop to several hundred dollars less than what I’m currently paying in rent once the house hack starts generating income.I do have cash reserves to weather some rough patches, but the idea of pushing my budget this hard makes me uneasy.

I know there is of course no set rule out there but just curious on folk's experiences.Also curious to know folk's thoughts on what the CONSERVATIVE median $/sq ft for the Los Feliz / Silverlake area on LA is.Thanks all!

In 1997, I don't fully understand why, the City of Denver paid the golf course owners $2mil to rezone this parcel as a "conservation easement" this was extremely restrictive zoning and meant it would essentially be destined to be a golf course for eternity 3.

This in turn will kill your exit strategy if you are not doing your due diligence and playing conservative.

OKC has alot of opportunity mainly because of its low level of enforcement of housing codes, strong landlord laws and conservative judges in eviction court.

So for example I'm very conservative and don't want any debt on them because I feel this hardens them in case of a severe recession.