My wife (she picks all our STR stays) would not rent a STR in that type of area in any City but we are not everyone so take that with a grain of salt.

Any and all advice about how to best approach people or groups of interest would be much appreciated. 

Use Real Estate By the Numbers as your guide, make sure it tracks the loan pay down and depreciation and have all of those numbers pour into a Schedule E.

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.Welcome aboard and best of luck investing!

All the best 

All things being equal it's usually not good for the owner unless of course it's a way to get the property sold.

Hello all - I am an out of state investor, and am exploring investing in SFH or small MFH (duplex/triplex/quadplex) in the Indy market.

You have five separate violations that are all grounds for non-renewal, and several of them are significant enough that I would aim for eviction.

He personally screened every tenant, handled every maintenance request, and even showed up to mow the lawn at his properties when the landscapers were running late.His phone rang constantly—contractors, tenants, vendors—all needing his immediate attention.

We all don't care how much Apple profits on our iPhone... what really matters is the product or value we get or in this terms the ROI on our principal.The fees can be broken down in the three main fees (so you might have to combine some of the above fees under one of the categories below):Acquisition fee (paid % of the asset price) - normally 1-3%Asset management (paid % of the income the asset produces) - normally 1-3%Distribution or exit fee (paid % of the sold asset price) - normally 1-3%Development fees (this is present in development deals) - exampleNOTE: Just because these fees are high or the split structure has too much going to the GP does not disqualify it.