@Claudia Lewis,I'd consider all to be normal wear and tear.The only possible exception would be if the blinds were the expensive wide plantation type blinds that cost a couple hundred dollars per window. 

Many of the soldiers stationed at Ft.

And don't even think about vacation rentals up there - believe they have 60 licenses city wide and a long waiting list....There are many people on here who manage and invest in Duluth who can chime in. 

----This summer I had to do some training and all the local seasoned realtors were warning that the market is going to slow in the next year - state wide, not just local. 

Title report via escrow on this property showed a junior lien taken out at the same time as the senior lien from the same bank (Country wide).

You can for sure find houses within your price range that will produce rents from $700-$1300(I know that's a wide range) depending on the house and area.The Kansas Side has some appealing areas that will produce similar results.

My businesses are realitively new, but I’ve managed to grow from $2000 in my bank account as a lowly enlisted army soldier to owning 6 properties in my first year and a half.

Please inform me, without holding back, where I'm wrong and/or out of line with my thoughts on this topic Please tell me how I can improve the delivery of knowledge on this topic, so these facts might be more widely accepted.  

I'm going to leave this wide open and not mention any of my current plans, that way I can really feel the pulse of the community.

I'm going to leave this wide open and not mention any of my current plans, that way I can really feel the pulse of the community.