Economists note that job growth in typically underreported industries fell by 42,000 compared to the 6-month average, suggesting August’s numbers may understate actual gains.Key Employment GainsConstruction: +34,000 jobs, driven by heavy civil engineering and nonresidential trade contractors.Healthcare: +31,000 jobs, though slower than the past year's monthly average of 60,000.Social Assistance: +13,000 jobs, with more modest growth compared to previous months.Other growing sectors include financial activities, wholesale trade, and government (+24,000 jobs).Job Losses and Sector StrugglesManufacturing: -24,000 jobs.Retail: -11,100 jobs.Temporary help employment continues to shrink, reflecting business uncertainty.Wage and Fed Policy ImplicationsWages rose by 0.4% in August, up 3.8% year-over-year, supporting a cautious approach by the Federal Reserve on deeper rate cuts.

Simply tell him he can: do it himself as per the rent or hire someone at his expense or have it included in the higher rent...or he can move once his lease is up.If it is weeds, then he should be pulling those so they don't grow. 

If you have more than 25% down and you know that you can use the rest of the money you have to help you fix the property or invest it in another asset where the money will continue to grow then by all means go for it.

EaDo is rapidly growing, but its price has been rising.

Adaptability and Tech Savviness: The property management industry is rapidly evolving with new technologies and tools.

So new kid that bought his system was offered a two hundred bucks MF that was normal appraised for 150k only lol… and expecting that market would just grow , the system is working in 2009 though same thing to what Greg Hugher did in other bankruptcy filing lol

This is a forum to help people grow and learn, not criticize.

Specifically, there's job growth (Intel, Honda, Amazon, Nationwide, etc) and the population is growing (unlike Cleveland or Cincy).

Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Detroit, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland/Akron. 

If they neighborhood is still appreciating, if rents in the area seem to keep growing, and if interest rates come down, could all turn an "okay" deal into a great investment.