And I like knowing that I could have property management do repairs or snow removal etc.

And take care of more maintenance like cutting the grass, shoveling the snow, we just had another snow yesterday, seems like there has been snow on the ground for months.2.

Once we started construction, we ran into several major problems including a steam pipe running through a kitchen wall that we were planning to open up, a huge leak inside a couple of walls that required the replacing of a whole exterior wall, damaged subfloors, major termite damage that resulted in a replacement of the sill plate in the master bedroom, needing to upgrade full electrical service (and split it into two separate panels) and a corroded water line that required emergency replacement all the way to the street in the middle of winter during record setting cold temps and a snow storm.

It is nice to have all the lawn and snow taking care of but i feel the prices are a little high. 2.

The home I at looking at is in Kansas City, which unlike Southern Ca, gets rain and snow.

taxes, insurance, utilities, wages, maintenance, grounds keeping, snow removal, any other common areas, laundries, playground, club house.What are the current owner's income/  Tax returns would be nice to see. 

depends what you charge.What is required in terms of snow, ice removal etc.  

I am hoping that after the Snow clears and the weather gets better that a lot of properties will start hitting the market.  

I feel like if you don't evaluate the property within a few days and make an offer you've lost it; especially the homepath properties.I was talking with my father's fiance who is a real estate agent for Caldwell Banker and she was saying that they are waiting until after Easter when the snow is melted to start listing some of their portfolio, although she sells in a higher price point market where homes go for between $700,000 and $1,500,000.  

:DWelcome to the site, Columbus had snow last night, are you sure you want to retire here?