I bought a book about Canadians buying real estate in the US and I am waiting for it to arrive.

The tenant pay down and appreciation is how I am arriving at the equity number.

Thanks for the quick crash course.

Safety is more of a concern than money and my properties are now all 1 story so that makes them less prone to come crashing down or have more extensive damage on higher levels.i didn't feel the quake last night but i have felt some in recent years.  

Use to on commercial pre-2007 crash you could get development loans for 10% down down non-recourse.Now banks want much more down plus personal guarantees.

I'm pretty new to the game but my father used to sell real estate several years ago and he was involved in flipping a few foreclosures before the market crashed so a few of the concepts are not unknown to me. 

Upon arriving home from work, my tenant called the police and filed charges.

I am curious of other people's experiences in examing new potential markets, and how you may have arrived at those particular locations.

I suffered a tremendouse loss when I arrived here in Broward county Fl.

You can then apply your debt servicing to arrive at cash flow.