You don’t want to add it to the rent and pay it yourself because you’ll lose the “Tenant compares the rents game.”

MTR is hospitality, and I’d think you’d lose potential guests if they knew they had to set up utilities.

But consider this: if your time is worth $100/hour and you spend 40 hours a year on tasks you could outsource for $25/hour, you’re effectively losing $3,000 of potential value each year. 

If so, that could lose you some good tenants.

If you were me, just starting out, first property ever, would you use this money to find a BRRRR deal or use this money for possibly 2-3 properties for down payments? 

Is the level of selling we’re seeing in line with previous administration changes, or does this have to do with federal workers losing their jobs?

If that is the case they will just book someone else's weekends and you will lose that revenue also.As Colin said, you need to discount the week days to make them attractive during the slow season.

The Roi combined for 3 duplexes after repair will have an ROI of 4.47. If I managed the properties myself, I would save about $900/month. Would that be worth it? I'm just thinking about the time it would take me to sh...

I really don’t want to lose this buyer—what’s the best way to make this work?

Losing control of the process matters.