In saying that some have in house maintenance and they show you invoice of their own maintenance arm, you have an INV but its internal and you can vet it.I think that once you have a large portfolio, with say 25 units or more you can create your own website with maintenance request sections.Then you can track the requests and at least know that they are real straight from the tenants.

I'm thinking things like the new appliances are in the 5 to 7 year category and the new AC can be straight lined for 15 years?.

I would probably roll the dice on an 80s house in CT, even if the looks are a mess, the rest should be fixable/straight forward.Getting it on the market before he holidays would be good.

America.but must air seal as it will bring warm air from conditioned spaces to basement. dehumidifier produces heat as by product, and takes more electric to operate. if go with dehumidifiers get large comm heavy ones with humidistat and direct drain. no one will walk away with it. 300lbsdont just open window unless dry air cat 1 wind blowing straight in.it wont remove moisture only feed it. i use activtek  air scrubbers secured to a bracket holding plate. it kills protects 2000-10k sqft of mold bacteria, and reduces moisture as its byproduct of technology esp basements.

It was a pretty straight-forward.

Again, that is one you want to get straight on the front end as they may add a day to your scheduled closing.

@Anthony Marucci personally, I dont think $10k or even $15k, frankly, is enough to begin investing in a straight rental.

@Andrew Lee as a straight, turnkey rental, I've seen 15% down for SFR investment properties.

, maintenance (beyond what the HOA covers), and property management (if you ever decide to no longer self manage) - you may be losing more money than it initially appears.HOWEVER, the Beverly area is on fire right now, it is completely possible that property values will continue to climb quickly, and you could exit your condo in ~5yrs and make a nice profit (keep in mind you'll have paid closing costs once as a buyer, and once as a seller at this point, which will really eat into the profits if, say, you bought at $250k and sold for $300k - not a straight $50k profit, plus you had negative cashflow over the years too).So...

See what the numbers would be on this house-hack versus if you just lived wherever you wanted and bought straight investment properties.