I want to commend you for looking to get a mentor as you get started. 

Trust you can make it next month!

We are asking the current tenants to leave as the property is not in optimal condition we like to have our rentals and we would like to fix it up to increase value and rents.

This is both to rent and to buy. 

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Great product but can be pricey monthly

It doesn't necessarily hurt resale here although you have to know that you're going to be required to carry flood insurance which obviously can skew some numbers.

So this is creating more competition and more agreesive rent rates and/or concessions like 1 month free to get those vacancies filled.

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