You could schedule post on facebook and boost them so they get good exposure @Sal Sanshez

Lewis, assuming that personal debt might be an issue, you can either buy an aged LLC with business credit or season one on your own, and transfer all personal debt. to the entity to get if off your personal credit report to boost your DTI. 

My husband would definitely want to use it once per month (even in winter) since he is a reservist in the coast guard there.Do we boost our retirement fund by taking a more conservative approach at home, or do we get a property in PCB that allows us to pretend we're already retired for 2-4 days a month?

Also, can boost rents up $50-75 per unit, thus will net 600-700. 

If anyone has any great advise on how to boost my score, lender input, REI experience in relation to my issue,  etc. , I'm all ears...Have a great day ... 

The reason that you don't see much discussion is that most investors do everything or nothing, because if you start putting in paint and flooring it is hard not to justify a couple thousand extra for granite etc. which will boost the rent the most. 

When you use an escalator clause how to you verify the list agent isn't artificially boosting the price with other "fake" offers?

So the rent is at 3800 and the cost is roughly 2700 a month. 350/mth prop management, but i think i will start doing that myself soon (remotely... i work in france just now).because appreciation still seems strong in the San Jose area, not to mention the added boost of Google's recent buy, i definitely want to hold on to it.

Should I be worried about dramatic future increases in flood insurance, or should I run numbers based on today's insurance cost? 

It is possible that the owner is the best property manager of all time, but more likely they are trying to boost the value of the property.