I can get 10% down, cash flow, get the tax write offs and still control the property (refinance) to deal with any due on sale call.

If your tenant demands they work outside of those hours, then they have to pay the extra cost the contractor may charge for after-hours work (typically 50% more).I recommend you take control of the situation.

Would you hire a single GC for all the projects, and give him total control?

It is often too difficult emotionally or mentally exhausting to give up their previous home.

this is in our lease regarding prohibited conduct, aka violation of the lease, "criminal conduct, regardless of whether or where arrest or conviction occurs, including but not limited to: manufacturing, delivering, or possessing a controlled substance or drug paraphernalia; engaging in or threatening violence; possessing a weapon prohibited by law; discharging a firearm in the apartment community; or, except when allowed by law, displaying or possessing a gun, knife, or other weapon in the common area, or in a way that may alarm others"I'm no lawyer but the person who wrote this lease is a lawyer, "regardless of whether or where arrest or conviction occurs" leads me to believe that suspicion of illegal activity is enough.

Hi Ann, like you, when it's my money or my responsibility, I'm a controlling type as well, but where you might walk away only giving suggestions, I sometimes hang around longer....The problem is that if you have say XYZ Mortgage or XYZ Capital Lending as a lendinging entity, making loans, you're considered a lender, not a real estate partner investor.

The goal is to have control of my time and make memories with my family - especially while my kids still like me (ages 8 and 10).

Time is running out Wife and 3 Children LIVE in the home and want to CONTINUE to live in the home as the Children are entering or in High School(a painful time to have to move or relocate for all) - YES lots of emotions all around involved.

But maybe because I have PriceLabs control the pricing.

If they inherited the home, there are likely emotional bonds they have with the property.