(Today's tenants need LOTS of grounded outlets, and many expect air conditioning or at least nice ceiling fans) Update your cabinets (or faces) and fixtures, the tub and surround (at a minimum reglaze), some paint and floorcovering, and now YOU can expect 20+ years of pretty trouble free service.

I have incredible leverage now.Over time, let's say the house value has doubled to 400K after a prolonged upcycle in the market and my mortgage is down to 125K.

Cash back cannot be generated from thin air, despite what George Bush and Congress think.There are 3 simple things you could have done (and future newbies should always do) to have prevented this:Due DiligenceDue Diligence Due DiligenceThe only upside of this; (like the upside of the RE and S&L crash of the '80s) is that a lot of us, will make a lot of profit snapping up these deals for twenty five cents on the dollar in the future.

I haven't had to deal with repairs other than replacing the air filters, no vacancies issues yet and payed $125 for gutter cleaning after we moved out.

It was putting out cold air but when i have it set on 70 , and i have some temp gauges throughout the house and they all say it's 82 in the townhouse at 7 pm .

I won't go into too much detail but if you care to read the following article about organized crime rings involving Vietnamese, and how they tear into homes to setup growing operations, installing air scrubbers and ventilation systems to pump out humidity associated with basement growing operations, the home I was looking at is one of these mentioned as among 100 in the Seattle area that were part of the ring.

As far as being taken to court, we have a great laywer with our company, this thing will be air tight.

Seems the RE agent is rather, shall I say, um, an air head.

Vacationers that typically arrive/depart by air will need available check in times that correlate with flights and transit time, which may be very early or very late, and Saturday/Sundays.

The house has a wood burning fireplace with a separate flue from the gas forced hot air furnace.