I am also very interested in self storage, laundromat's, and car washes.  

J Scott pull permits for cleaning gutters and power washing???

It's usually pretty close to a wash, or when I hold the rate constant it's like 20 basis points (to price, not to rate) or something trivial, coin toss which will win on any given day.I prefer to have my direct lender hat on to my broker hat when working on REI deals (not licensed in your state, don't actually bother PMing me) because your situations are always wonky and I need that direct telephone/IM/email line of communication to the assigned decision making underwriter so I can go over your net loss carryover, or weird Schedule C, or funky deposits, or whatever it is, with her and get it resolved in 5 minutes rather than over the course of 5 days of emailing back and forth through some intermediary. 

This has been a nightmare and we really do not want to relist the property since we are so far into the game, but may need to wash our hands of the deal and take our chances with a new buyer \ contract.

Its an acid wash but I don't think this is dyi. 

I signed and afterward realized I should have done what you are doing now.I will say that the lease renewal I think is hog wash.

We meet with our realtor with the goal of clearing $20k after all fees, not sure how doable that was.  He

~$1800New Paint & Carpeting throughout ($8800)Replace the front porch deck boards ($3500)Power wash vinyl siding & roof ($500)Minor landscaping to clean up outside yard and minimal landscaping around the front and side ~$1000Extend the deck from the sliding glass door to the side kitchen door with one set of stairs entering the kitchen door (roughly 6-12 linear feet not including the steps) ~$3500New stove and dishwasher ($1200)I included a miscellaneous cost for anything that may come up of $5000.

A leaky washing machine hose is nothing , Just basic home ownership .  

I'm interested in other semi-passive business like coin-op laundromats and car washes.