Granted, this can be a learning experience about how to harden rentals properly, but it often creates all kinds of nostalgic sentiments that can flare up into conflicts with the tenants.The usual scenario is that the tenants move in, live as tenants do, and the newbie landlords go back in and find delicate stuff, or meaningful stuff, or stuff that they didn't even know was meaningful to them damaged or painted over or disrespected in some way, and then the newbie landlords get in this forum and moan about how tenants just don't respect their landlord's property, and they get ten other newbies commiserating and telling them that yes, yes, yes, they're right, and their tenants are bad, bad, bad...and of course this can lead to all kinds of poor decisions.

@Minna Hu I am sorry to hear about your experience with the local inspectors. 

It doesn't mean you have no say, but ask them for options and when it comes to picking out colours...ask for enough lead time that you can go in, look at the options they provided and then pick the colour you want.

@Amy Hu another way to look at this is that 750 hours is basically like having a Monday - Friday job for three hours a day, 52 weeks a year.

Originally posted by @Guangli Hu:@Roy N.Thank you very much, Roy.

Originally posted by @Jasmine Hu:@Brandon Spurlock Nice work.

I agree with Colin, everyone's circumstances are a little different and while I would take feedback from non-CPA I would only trust a CPA with questions that are that delicate.

@Angela Levy This is a pretty delicate question for which you should contact a local attorney who specializes in tax deeds.If the property is vacant, there is a school of thought that says you can take limited actions to secure the property (like boarding it up, removing a fallen tree, or mowing the lawn). 

Its a delicate balance of supply and demand in a market. 

I certainly didn't mean to offend your delicate sensibilities (or even be hypocritical, although I can understand how it may have come across that way re-reading).