Even if the area is cleaned up, I wouldn't purchase any rental real estate in Kensington, Fishtown or Northern Liberties for a few years.

In accordance with the lease agreement, the property shall be fully vacated, cleaned, and returned in the same show quality condition upon move-in.

Vrbo and Airbnb makes it pretty easy to self-manage.Add a great cleaning team and you are 95% of the way there.Its good to locate handymen and the like but those are easy to find on local FB groups or thumbtack.

I would use cleaning services but it's my understanding I could use more than one company over the course of the year to limit how many hours one company spends on it.I'm looking into a utilitarian STR more for business travelers, so this won't be one where everything is perfect, it's bound to accumulate wear and tear I think.The STR would be out of state, but I plan to travel there for probably two weeks a year where I would perform many repairs myself.

The other things to keep in mind utilities, cleaning before/after (fee, does it need to be dictated?)

Lesson from Radiant Young Adults night in Tampa – "Staying Power"Last Thursday's session reminded me:- Stay consistent- Play the long game- Consistency always beats periodic bursts of intensity- Consistency might feel “boring,” but that’s where growth happensStay the course!

Too many people are focused on 1 year appreciation in RE and neglect the power of long term commitment to it!

@Barrie HasselbalchYou could reach out to a tax attorney but with it being a decade ago I think he is going to be out of luck getting it reversedYou could have him execute a power of attorney to have someone act on his behalf while incarcerated and they could try and chase down the funds

A couple of times a year you should power cycle both your modem and router. 

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