Is there a reason you are using flame retardant lumber instead or regular lumber?

Sorry, but I couldn't resist...

We were planning to paint the firebox with a fire resistant black paint.As for the awning, it is not a must have with the PA weather, but makes it a nice to have feature.

We sucked the water out, put huge dehumidifiers in and fans and cleaned the carpet ( our carpet guy told us that carpet can be cleaned but he was wrong but not before charging us $400. for the cleaning- our mistake) In the meantime tenant was pissed because the carpet smelled and according to her there was mold which there wasn't  (she is a drama queen) but with all that said we ended up pulling the carpet out and redid the whole basement with vinyl water resistant tiles.

I am a big believer in creating situations where you can succeed with the least amount of resistance and starting off a relationship where you show the tenant that you are protecting them and you can be very beneficial towards keeping a tenant for a longer period of time.

Which may be an initial phone call (so she understands your tone ) and then follow up with a letter with a gift card.Now if they put up some resistance with your request, how would you move forward?

Can't resist and just have to chime in...Brendan and Mike, hi I'm Jeff. i...eh...ALSO run a property management software company in...well...Boston.

If a friend can not be found locally, then a good mentor will save you a lot of money (even if it costs a little), but they should not stay with you, but direct you on how to improve your building at those leaky spots and maybe even return (after a while) to make sure you have not sprung any leaks eslewhere.But in my start I just went out and did without any help to prove to my brother that what he was thinking of could be done, but he did not need the GURU's supervision and "mentoring".I succeeded in getting started in investing this way and proved to myself that even us doers will at some point need to stop doing and READ to educate ourselves on how to stop those leaks or we will indeed fail as well.So wheather your start as "hands on" or "reading" , both will be needed to be done and I will add one more phase to prevent failure and that is the use of COMMON SENSE to know when to stop and get help (for us doers) or stop reading and get started (for the readers).Plus the use of that COMMON SENSE to look back and realize you have leaks or havent yet started instead of just continuing doing the do'ing or reading and not realizing that you are going down in flames.

The title companies are paranoid and then you have some Realtors who don't have a creative bone in their being, and lastly, nor many investors with close mindedness on certain subjects are the same.A prime example I heard plenty of resistance in the past was subjects like the use of trusts.

If they resist, it’s a red flag for sure. is that something i would follow or do you suggest something completely different.