The 24 inch units don't have great capacity and are best suited for a 1 bedroom unit.If you get washers/dryers that are too small, tenants will overload them routinely and shorten the life of the appliances.

Congrats, you will feel a lot better about yourself and your business once you whip them into shape.And next time you will jump on it immediately simply as a routine part of operating your business. 

I would be open and honest with her if her request is making you feel uncomfortable.

If I feel uncomfortable going to any of my properties at any time of day then it's probably best I don't keep my money parked there, since it's spending more time there then me. ;)

I thought "oh snap, I need to be able to get to these markets easily, without having to take a flight that has 3 stops with significant layovers or uncomfortably close connections.

I, on the other hand, think direct mail is an awesome method of contacting leads.Since you are not having much luck with finding the phone numbers to the leads you have, sending something to them via snail mail will at least make the initial contact, then you can gather numbers as they call you and routinely make follow up calls.

I am evicting a tenant whose rent is way under market. She was a good tenant who paid on time but the Brooklyn market just exploded. Now, I gave her plenty of advanced notice that I needed to raise rents and she didn'...

Don't spend all cashflow so you can have reserves ready to go when the water heater goes, the furnace, etc.Finally, putting of routine maintenance is a big no-no.

However, none of these incidents has caused my rentals to be unprofitable because I use real world expense numbers and these incidents are a normal and completely routine part of the business.

He is also likely to have a better maintenance routine that reduces the typical costs because of being a head of the curve or using different materials.