However, even issuing a five-day notice can be an important step before filing.

Bill her for the service call if they are no issues with furnace.

Quote from @Richa Wardhan: Regular lender financing, we have paid off 70% of our mortgage on the primary residence so we were loaned money without any issue. 

We had an umbrella policy and never had an issue.

Not that I plan to live in or even visit the US anytime soon, but I don't want to deal with winter-related issues like heating, de-winterizing a home etc. 

Under $100k, were talking Old, beat up, it's coming with issues and the vast majority of time there is hidden uglies that come out later. 

I highly encourage all my tenants to keep open communication with me about any struggles to pay rent, and generally they do.

See the old mom-and-pop investors in their sixties that you are trying to buy off-market properties from.This is like people who buy for cash flow but don't realize that with the best cash flow comes capital expenditures and tenant issues.

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Had structural issues (wall caving in) that I addressed a couple years ago.