When you have one under your belt a lot of the mystery and advice makes a lot more sense. 

It will long remain the mystery why if, for example, I don't pay my own water bill the service is stopped but other accounts are left for a year or more to accrue charges without being shut off.Our company asks in our management agreement whether you would like us to handle water/sewer billing. 

Wouldn't it be good to know you don't have a convicted ax-murderer living in your unit!?

I got a mystery email today offering a loan at 2%!

The last thing you want to do is let the daughter in to retrieve some things, then get sued later on by some other relative because your tenant's will left that person some valuable heirlooms that have "mysteriously vanished" since the daughter was there. 

@Raymond Williamson  If you don't mind me asking, how much is this mysterious budget?

How I ended up with vacant lots when I was marketing for SFRs is a mystery to me, but after I ran the numbers and checked out the area, it seemed to be a good deal, so what the heck, I ran with it.

Market: Portsmouth, VA The good:Refinished hardwood floors that are lovelyNice looking neighborhood and streetBig living / dining / kitchen / front sitting porchThe bad: Duplex that rents for max $800 each unit, mortgage is $1800 (2 units that are 2/1), tends to attract young navy couples who move away in a yearBottom unit has been empty since SeptemberI live out of stateThey just put expensive tolls in for the tunnelsRanked some of the worst schools in the USUpstairs has a failing A/CDownstairs has no central air, and a gas boiler heater on it's last legsSmall bedrooms with tiny closetsThe garage looks like a murder shack with doors hanging offCeiling in downstairs bath has a bit of water damage that is uglyMy thoughts:I'm going to try to see if I can refinance it and roll a bunch of these expensive repairs into it (new A/C for both units, fix garage up, etc). 

the great mystery of the mls ,which everyone has gone through,is whenever i put an offer on a property thst has been on for a while,I find myself in a muliple offer situation.

If I told you, I'd have to... you know....Well, really, it's not that big of a mystery.