The goal here would to help educate and avoid potential pitfalls before wiring $50,000, $100,000 or even more.We would have educational modules, regular meetings and ZERO solicitation. 

Update: 9 years later...We ended up renting this home out 2015-2017 and moving back in mid 2017-2020, renting again and moving back in 3 years later.

The fact that you agreed to update his flooring is very nice of you in the first place.

We begin to work with the future tenant and made specific updates and changes to suit this tenant.

Be sure to explore the tools provided by the BPC, there is a list of top markets that is updated regularly based on a number of criteria. 

Most are in less desirable neighborhoods / are less updated, but some are on par if not better.

@Karen Seguin, it all depends on what you are trying to convey to your tenants.At minimum, any welcome letter should provide updated contact info for maintenance requests and mailing address for rent payments, and if the legal notice address is different than lease, include that.This can also be a good way to politely remind people of any general rules that you expect them to adhere to.  

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Just regular ones.It sounds like the consensus is to just put up a second mailbox on the street and label them as A and B.

It takes 2/3rds of the owners to update the CC&R’s to either update to allow STR’s or to specifically ban them.