@Dawn Peterson Do you owe anything on the rental property?

I used a 'thrifty' plumbing company with fixed costs of $99 a job plus parts.Well this is what he charged me for the sink installtion after I got new countertops:$99 sink installation$99 sink seal$99 facet installation$99 extra spray nozzle on facet$99 drain installation in sink (it actually came in the sink and old drain pipe was in place already)$99 dishwasher hook upSo with taxes it was right under $650 for just labor! 

2 questions for everyone: how do you manage your appliances in the home like refrigerators, microwaves, dishwashers, etc?

One of our SFR tenants left all her 2 year old appliances behind because she wanted new ones when they moved. 8 years later several sets of tenants have used those appliances & we only just repaired the dishwasher. 

There is no dish washers in the units.

I've been there and looked around and saw the possible opportunities, but I guess being a city girl it didn't dawn on me the extent of the value that is there!

Refinishing hard wood floors, installing hardwood in one room that had carpet, new stainless steel appliances, venting out bathroom and kitchen range hood, all new paint, new light fixtures and door knobs, lots of plaster and patch work, new fixtures in bathroom, keeping tiles in bathroom and shower but doing a super heavy cleaning, refinishing existing bathtub, new glass windows (new glass not entirely new windows), nee tiles and grout for kitchen floor, sanding and painting cabinets (nice and white) in kitchen, keeping existing countertop in kitchen (not granite but clean and looks nice, installing dishwasher....I think that covers it...SO - here is the last piece of the puzzle...the kitchen has a drop ceiling.

On another forum, the suggestion was to amortize the individual items that might need replacement, such as water heaters, dishwashers, a roof, etc.

I was sitting in a prerequisite class and it dawned on me that I need to take courses pertaining to my goals not waste valuable time learning tasks i really don't need.

Dawn Anastasi thank you Dawn, I haven’t had a chance to check them out, but I’ll definitely look into them now, knowing that they have that feature.