I wouldn't buy that unless I had a partner and both of us had very strong handyman skills and we were looking at that as a twenty year committment.Both my husband and I grew up with parents that were DIY renovators (and of course they pressed all us kids into service)-- so we are both very handy.

I have a condo that I've owned for about twenty years.

@Rick Klimek  I'm working with a mid-twenties guy just starting out right now who is interested in a Lakewood house hack and I've been steering him toward multi-families. 

To find twenty million in debt is easier than five in most cases.

A new roof may be twenty fifteen to twenty years away, but if you are putting aside that money every month then the money will be there when the time comes. 

What I may do (as I still haven’t gotten the PSA from roofstock) is just pull out of this current deal and look for a foreclosure under market value in twenty nine palms and rehab it, hopefully bringing up the value and cash out refinancing six months later.

Most investors shy away from this kind of buying, and so the old adage that opportunity is often missed because it goes around dressed in overalls and looking like hard work is proved out yet again.In an aging community like this, the second-best places to find properties right now and for the next twenty years are agents, specifically agents who are deeply embedded in their communities and have thousands of contacts.

They are quoting: RCW 59.18.900 Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 207.If any provision of this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or its application to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.This is what I would send themRCW 59.18.200 Tenancy from month to month or for rental period—Termination—Armed forces exception—Exclusion of children—Conversion to condominium—Notice.(1)(a) When premises are rented for an indefinite time, with monthly or other periodic rent reserved, such tenancy shall be construed to be a tenancy from month to month, or from period to period on which rent is payable, and shall be terminated by written notice of twenty days or more, preceding the end of any of the months or periods of tenancy, given by either party to the other.Unless they are in the armed forces and deployed,  they only need to give you a 20 day notice from the end of their lease. 

Twenty-four hours is presumed to be a reasonable notice in the absence of evidence to the contrary.(9) Promptly commence an action under Chapter 1923. of the Revised Code, after complying with division (C) of section 5321.17 of the Revised Code, to remove a tenant from particular residential premises, if the tenant fails to vacate the premises within three days after the giving of the notice required by that division and if the landlord has actual knowledge of or has reasonable cause to believe that the tenant, any person in the tenant's household, or any person on the premises with the consent of the tenant previously has or presently is engaged in a violation as described in division (A)(6)(a)(i) of section 1923.02 of the Revised Code, whether or not the tenant or other person has been charged with, has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of, or has been determined to be a delinquent child for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation as described in that division.

It's Boyd, the guy you've known for the last twenty years, who coached your kid's softball team, who's handed out the soft serve at St.