When you rip off rotten wood, you don't really know what is behind it and how much has rotted away..

Band-aid's gotta get ripped off at some point, and the sooner you do it, the better it'll be for your confidence, your wallet, and your lendability. 

Just rip the band-aid off.

Rip it like a bandaid.

I know I am very uneducated in the Real estate space, and if y'all want to rip me to shreds for asking for such uneducated questions, I get it, respectfully.

This is a good exercise in real estate fundamentals as well as you get to know how much things cost so you don't get ripped off.

You're not getting ripped off; you won't get a loan if the property doesn't appraise.I have property managers who I trust (granted I've fired a few to get to this point) and my total amount of time I put into managing my portfolio in 4 different markets is 1-2 hours per month.

During Henri we had a 3 day outage because the power was ripped off the building and the generator kicked on and worked for 2.5 days and quit. 

I find that its best when I rip the bandaid off and just start the conversation with an email or text that i cant unsend or backpedal on. 

A lot of the 3% cap has been ripped apart since the new rules allow owners to a right of a reasonable return.