I did end up buying a condemned duplex in Minneapolis though that had one of the foundation walls completely collapsed into the basement.

Does anyone know the rules in Minneapolis for abandoning the unit by tenants?

About me and my situation:Married, father of a 2 year old and 4 year old, both me and my wife have full time jobs, so I've got limited time to bird dog deals.MBA, and work in commercial building energy efficiency, so I know enough to dangerous, but not enough to be effective (yet, hopefully) when it comes to real estate investing.I live in Minneapolis, so I'd likely need to invest in other towns to get cash flowing deals.At this point I'm looking for investments, not another full time job like flipping.Have been maxing out my 401k and IRAs since graduating from college, so this is additional savings to diversify, and maybe allow an early retirement.Any thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated.Thanks,Chris

Any contractors in the the Minneapolis area have rough estimate on how much it would cost to turn this walkout porch into an upstairs bathroom?

walking or driving distance isn't really the factor from going somewhere to do the laundry in my opinion, it's just plain leaving the building to get it done, that's a headache.But we had 2 buildings with no laundry and it is a big turn off to any renters, I would do everything in my bag of tricks to get a washer and dryer in the building, coin op if you have common area big enough to do that..Our issue was city of Minneapolis, had regulation that we couldn't have it in the basement of the building without 2 legal exits from basement and we didn't want to go to the expense of adding a egress window.

The fee from Minneapolis was $135 and it took me 20 minutes.1,000 is very steep.

I'm out of Saint Paul and Minneapolis MN.

My wife and I are new investors currently living in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St.

This is my question: is there any member in the Minneapolis - St.

I've always pre rented units even with pretty big renovations since Minneapolis has such a tight rental market- 2.3% vacancies.