It shows you're committed to growing your investment, and that’s exactly what a good property manager (PM) should be helping you with—they are stewards of your hard-earned money.I would suggest approaching the conversation like this: “Hey, I’ve noticed that maintenance expenses this past quarter seem a bit higher than usual.

I would be happy to have a conversation with you.

This makes it difficult for them to reject and will buy you some time to make conversation.

Let’s get a conversation going.

That's how you add value to a conversation!

There are also ways to review properties for additional cash flow and the costs associated with that using equity or other means.Feel free to reach out or send me an email it only takes a few conversations and a step by step process.

Please reach out and inform me on where I can find meetups or if you are open to having a conversation with me that would be great as well.

If you haven’t had the conversation with your relative about getting those “unofficial” tenants out, I believe you should do that soon and present your plan how it will be beneficial for both of you and you can begin the process of getting new tenants in. 

After an in depth conversation with my insurance agent, I decided not to add them on as I was made aware by my agent that would add additional liability to my policy. 

Have a business conversation with a tenant, send them an email summary of the conversation and ask them to confirm you got it correct.