I thought it would be interesting to see what other creative suggestions this community has for out-of-state investors that can’t visit properties in-person to make sure they have an accurate picture of the property they are buying.

@Mike Smith , my handy man has one, and he checked with it all good he even took picture of teperature and send to me. it works perfectly fine the heaterQuote from @Mike Smith: @Tina Lee I would highly recommend you purchase an Infrared Temperature gun. 

Good evidence for your case includes pictures of the damage and any repair estimates (if they support your case - $7k is not a huge number, so perhaps leave the bids out).Andy

Our process is as follows:Provide renewal options 90 days ahead of lease expirationTenant renews or provides noticeIf normal turnover, property is marketed ~30 days prior to property being available which is 14 days after move-out date If turnover is large (improvements or major upgrades), then first complete the turnover, then take new pictures and market the property. 

@Daniel Carter hover over your profile picture in the upper right. when the menu drops down select settings.

Joe please understand the full picture before jumping in and making other deals make no sense.

Build the picture of an investor intending to hold  and having an event change that intent. 

The contractor doesn't know what I am picturing so I need to do a better job of listing out exactly what I expect to be done on a particular project.

Following up on my above post, I’ve attached two pictures illustrating the discount and rent absorption.

If you ran your office out of your primary residence and if you leased out your former then there would be a significantly higher net gain, but that's only one scenario to consider.As long as the total picture fits your needs well and you are comfortable with the costs of that scenario, then I say it sounds great!