Sorry for the add-on, but don't Nickel & Dime a Price cut - Make it Dramatic - so someone interested in the area / house - says WOW - I better grab this NOW!

It totally boosted my self esteem completing this (almost) within my one year goal.

With all that now I’m getting the ac don’t work again so I send out a ac tech I explain to them the the tenants are claiming that the ac isn’t cold enough that the Edison guy that took off the summer saver box off the ac fan told him the ac needs a Freon boost I’m really  now the  Edison guy is a ac tech the ac was running cold now it’s not working .well the ac tech did a leak test ,pressure test and said it was fine  but it looks like it was tampered with he also said if there was a leak there wouldn’t be Freon in the system still so I payed him to fill it up  since there was  few pounds of Freon still in the system he also asked me when was the last time i serviced the ac  I told him about a year ago .he said that long ago if there was a leak  there would be nothing in the system so after paying a few hundred dollars ,now I get another call saying the ac is blowing hot air .so I send the ac guy back  .the same ac guy said looks like it’s been tampered with.so now I decide to pay for home warranty insurance after the second repair and now  the tenants threatened to sue me.for my fist rental this is a bad experience of tenants trying to scam me and the plumber his freind doing fraud.i later called the water company again spoke to the manager this time explained what going on.he said just tell the tenants to call and give a one time to talk about the bill that I don’t have to be on the account so i did they refused again.

So, while Dan I sent true that since 2016 my San Diego condos would have appreciated more than when i 1031 exchanged with about 100% appreciation after 3 years of ownership, that $160,000 and rising cash flow, along with, the 1031 Exchange, 20 Year amortization and forcing appreciation, while dramatically reducing loan to value, I think was best for me and my family.Watch podcast 238 and reach out to me if you want to talk on the phone.  

Has anyone here used a home stager or interior designer boost appearances and sell a property?

All the suggestions above are good, but that's not why you had a dramatic increase suddenly.Get to know your water meter. 

This creates two challenges for me:1) I'd like to do moderate to significant renovations on the units, and my business partner plans on owner-occupying one of the units, so we would need to permanently vacate one or, depending on the property, even all of the units. 2) In order to make the numbers work I'd need to dramatically increase rents (by several hundred dollars/month) to bring them up to market levels. 

So, if I can add a 4th bedroom, without losing say a garage, for a reasonable cost, I can boost my value by $10k. 

It’s funny, your last question is actually my first question...with us being new to investing now is probably not the best time to make this move with our IRA.Perhaps once we are a few years and deals into this, it could be a good option to help boost out retitement savings.Thank you again!

The worst part is that I can't tell what the local politicos are doing about it, apart from each party blaming the other party for inadequate responses.Although Milwaukee is a short 80 miles north of Chicago, the two cities are dramatically different.