I've done all this in my own house, and while I am not thrilled to do it; it might be a necessary tactic to get on budget.

I'd say it depends on your tenants- the rental house we had in college had commercial carpet, we weren't thrilled but we understood the reasoning.

The ones that haven't been doing it long are thrilled with 8%, but it's easy to spot the long timers because when they hear 8% they quickly bark "8%!!

TX is a great economic forward moving state...so I'm sure I will be doing more biz here than there, until economies change...and as we all know..they do change....I have some reacquainting to do in CT and relearn markets..how they have changed..re downsizing of DOD in area and upsizing of Casinos and associated markets....plus I'm seeing the push on technology in CT...could be positioned for some corporate growth..in the SW to Central corridor....but that is speculative at best right now...

Does any one thing the real estate values will skyrocket with the arrival of casino in Everett MA.

I've used "Affordable Dumpster" for my last two jobs, but haven't been thrilled.

Does your hotel have a restaurant, bar, nightclub, shops, casino, etc?

From the many emails sent from Brandon Turner, I've finally started my first discussion on BiggerPockets and I am thrilled to start an investor deal diary with my second multi-family unit.

Obviously I wouldn't want to go near Casino road...any other advice for that area? 

The dress code is the same when you are looking at houses as it is at Casinos or Neiman Marcus.