It will be less expensive in the long term to fill in compared to the cost of maintaining it.

That extra spread is what allows you to keep scaling as you can use this incremental capital (debt) to acquire more.The difficult part that I see for most investors is balancing this leverageable equity and acquisitions while maintaining or improving the cashflow as you acquire more and more.Sometimes you hit your equity numbers but you went into areas with less and less rent to value ratios so your cashflow is actually incrementally going down.

Usually your premium will be higher to maintain the coverage but it does give you a temporary solution up to 18months if you qualify. 

In fact if done right, an inspection is of value to me - it helps me maintain my investment.

While also maintaining the income that I currently have.

In California, it is usually standard to have specific language regarding smoke detectors due to recent legislation requiring property owners of any rental to install, maintain and test smoke alarms.Basically, smoke detectors must be operational when a tenancy is created.

Your job is to make a good profit providing a clean, safe, and well maintained housing unit.

In accepting Section 8 Tenants, you're agreeing to maintain rental prices at 80% of the market rate and be subject to regular property inspections.

By doing things the right way, great staging, great marketing, and really good photos, we have been able to maintain all 5 star reviews, which put us at the top of the list of available properties, and we stayed booked pretty much all winter.

How much cash reserve should I have for maintenance and maintaining each rental property