He has an interesting power washing niche he got into & we never turned him down on any future loans.As far as buying high we have watched a lot of tax lien properties go for way beyond value just because the buyer wants to live in it or thinks they got a deal.

I'd be happy to answer any specific questions about the market in Benton or Wash counties.

@Jay Hinrichs,It is a shame that Bill would take up for the banks and say nothing got by and funded, I guess the banks just brain wash him in saying things like that.

Turned out the tenant's brother-in-law had replaced the washing machine and didn't use a clamp down the washing machine water exhaust hose.

The $3,000 will allow me to make improvements to the units that will, in the long, run make the property more profitable and valuable.There is no budget for improvements...There are a few things I am going to do myself that will clean up the property exponentially (cut the trees/bushes and pressure wash the property).

Is a wash.

Besides the obvious, would love to know any other tricks or hints one can share on dealing with a similar situation.My tenants were moving out and part of the deal is they had to get the windows washed (as they were washed upon their move in).

She even took out the built in drawers and washed them when she moved out.

Which lead me to thinking of summer and car washing.

You should delelop a relationship anyway as one hand washes the other.