Walls or damp to touch, and some clothes are now moldy.

Once you add-in the cost of utilities (especially heat), furnishings (couches, tables and chairs, beds, sheets, towels, table cloths, pots and pans and plates and silverware, napkins, toilet paper, TV's and radios, washer and dryer and refrigerator - yes, it's common for a long-term SFR not to include a washer, dryer, or refrigerator - etc, etc, etc), plowing/lawn/trash (or HOA fees), cleaning, extra repairs and maintenance (I promise that a long-term house renter takes better care and causes less wear and tear than a revolving door of vacation renters), turnover management and screening, etc, etc, you are not making any more with the vacation rental than with the long-term SFR where the tenants pay all the utilities (possibly with the exception of water/sewer), and take care of the lawn and snow, and provide their own furnishings soup to nuts.

The unit is still fully furnished, including clothing and food but no one is staying there.

I tell them that rent is the very first thing that they need to pay out of their paycheck, because without a roof over their heads they don’t have any private place to lay their head, to change their clothes, to take a bath, to go to sleep or any place to STORE THEIR STUFF!

That is where retailers struggled the last 10 years figuring out how to make all the pieces work properly.90% of almost all retail closures last year where clothing and furniture  store related.

I suppose since you're physically living there you can monitor this a little bit, but the cost/time/effort it will take to repair your broken laundry machines and worry about strangers being invited into your building to wash their clothes versus the amount of money you'll make on it is, in my opinion, not worth it.

I START FREAKING OUT (assuming they were bed bugs)So my dad tells me to get out of my car and take off all of my clothes and ditch them, instead I found the nearest Appartement complex and dived head first into the pool with a 3 piece suit on 😂I'm currently drying up, & have concluded that they were fleas not bed bugs *Sigh of relief* This is the stuff the gurus don't tell you about, but I'm enjoying every minute of this ride😂 Questions: •I'm still deciding weather or not, I should wholesale this deal or buy it & rent it out.

Do you see people storing clothes in HVAC closets?

I am not sure if this windfall of $300K will cause the property prices to go up or will the drop in windfall from $500K to $300K will contribute towards damping the property prices.There is also some uncertainty with the H1B program and I know some H1B holders who are refraining from buying their first home till the air clears.On the other hand, the local economy is doing well, lots of folks from out of state are moving here for new jobs and home prices are not showing any sign of slowing down.To sign off, here is a feature on CNBC news about a teardown in Palo Alto (@Jay Hinrichs old hunting ground) that was listed for $1.9M and sold for $2.55M. http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?

@Nicholas Patrick Grow a 5 o'clock shadow, wear "grown up" clothes and carry yourself with confidence.