Comments on: What are the characteristics of a good rental property? http://www.realestateanswered.com/what-are-the-characteristics-of-a-good-rental-property.html Real Estate Investment Information Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Administrator http://www.realestateanswered.com/what-are-the-characteristics-of-a-good-rental-property.html#comment-20 Administrator Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:24:19 +0000 http://www.realestateanswered.com/what-are-the-characteristics-of-a-good-rental-property.html#comment-20 Thanks for the comment, Patrick. Did you have a bad experience with an older rental property? Your point about knowing the maintenance costs is right on, but I wouldn't want to discourage people from buying older properties. On any property, new or old, you need an accurate picture of the repair costs, or you can get ripped off. Thanks for the comment, Patrick. Did you have a bad experience with an older rental property? Your point about knowing the maintenance costs is right on, but I wouldn’t want to discourage people from buying older properties. On any property, new or old, you need an accurate picture of the repair costs, or you can get ripped off.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.realestateanswered.com/what-are-the-characteristics-of-a-good-rental-property.html#comment-8 Patrick Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:24:40 +0000 http://www.realestateanswered.com/what-are-the-characteristics-of-a-good-rental-property.html#comment-8 In your article "What are the characteristics of a good rental property?", I think that more emphasis should be placed on the cost of maintenance. Most new landlords will be buying older homes, since they are just starting out. Older homes by nature require more maintenance than newer homes and they should know what those costs may be. Please provide your readers some actual deals you’ve done and the related financial calculations to walk them through it. I think it would also be a good idea to tell them what things to look out for in buying an older home as an investment. There are repair costs of purchases that could wreak their RE business before it gets started if they don’t know what to watch out for. I’m a firm believer that a little knowledge could be dangerous, so please complete the ideas you providing. Depth of information on a subject is a lot more useful that just brushing over the surface and could save your readers a great deal of money. In your article “What are the characteristics of a good rental property?”, I think that more emphasis should be placed on the cost of maintenance. Most new landlords will be buying older homes, since they are just starting out. Older homes by nature require more maintenance than newer homes and they should know what those costs may be. Please provide your readers some actual deals you’ve done and the related financial calculations to walk them through it.

I think it would also be a good idea to tell them what things to look out for in buying an older home as an investment. There are repair costs of purchases that could wreak their RE business before it gets started if they don’t know what to watch out for.

I’m a firm believer that a little knowledge could be dangerous, so please complete the ideas you providing. Depth of information on a subject is a lot more useful that just brushing over the surface and could save your readers a great deal of money.

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