(The only time that might happen is in a heated market as we see in Phoenix today.)Continued success!

Raymond B.I am investing in Mercer County...about an hour and a half north of pittsburgh...Good area as Western PA and Eastern OH are heating up because of all the Utica Shale / drilling activity.

I've been having a rough time finding good short sales on the MLS with the market heating up around here.

In my area, I would sell the bigger one without a doubt, because tenants in my area are looking for smaller places (from the perspective of heating bills), making it potentially harder to rent.

Junior Salters,You said: Previous owner's total expenses for a year were also $2,737.50 which includes property management fee.That expense figure, is only for one year, and it could indicate deferred maintenance.What happens when you need to replace the roof, heating system,etc.

I need to rewire the units and most likely install baseboard heat, upgrade kitchen and baths, etc; so it would be very difficult to do this while occupied.

I've read that they typically pay utilities like heat and garbage, but a lot of people mention that they themselves pay the water bill and sewage bills which can get expensive. 5.

Everything has been replaced (plumbing, electrical, heat pump, central A/C, etc).

. - so central heat and air.For reference, i have a 3 bed 2 bath bungalow in North East Los Angeles that i'm about to finish remodeling, and am now contemplating new central air in.

It doesn't have central A/C or heat and a new wall unit would half to be purchased and installed into an existing opening.The only work that needs to be done is cleaning, perhaps some light landscaping, and the purchase and install of the A/C unit mentioned above.