I still paid a “rip off” amount of money to their company.

This is why the bank does not recognize it; not only is it illegal income, it can also end at any time if the city makes you rip it out.

I am confident I can walk down any street in Columbus without getting shot as long as I am not trying to rip off drug dealers. 

I guess the options would be;  Rip them off and re-shingle  Just replace the broken ones and then scrape the old and prime/paint everything.    

He did flooring, countertops, paint, ripping out a weird semi-wet bar from the basement room to convert to a closet so it can operate as a functioning bedroom now.

How do you know their business model is set to rip you off?

Anyway, my experience has been overwhelmingly positive.....And treating tenants decently is just how I do business.... that said I have B class new builds so my tenants can afford higher rent....but I do try to treat my tenants as paying customers, i respect them and i dont rip them off or trick them.

NCNI-5&experienceName=default&Ns=P_REP_PRC_MODE%7C0As an OOS investor, we can either:1) Spend a lot of time calling around to find your own contractor and then risk they will rip you off.2) Hire a full-time PM that can handle this for you.

Her pets also ripped up the house in places.

Best thing is probably just rip the band aid off, cut off everything, suspend all travel here and unnecessary services for a few weeks a month, who knows?