Lawn Care: Regular upkeep, normally the tenant's job on single family residences stated in the lease.7.

I don't care if they bring in a couple kids, just wasn't sure how to handle it. 

Donate the Property: Donating the property to a qualified charitable organization can provide you with a charitable deduction equal to the property’s fair market value and eliminate capital gains taxes.Implementing these strategies requires careful planning and consideration of your specific financial situation.

Any time you use a HELOC, you only want to use 50 percent of the available equity or less so if you can do that over time carefully, it will work.

Just wondering if there are good internet guides out there to help new investors understand steps in renovations and lay out scopes of work and materials needed so we don't miss anything?  

A few ideas:I would start by asking the tenants if they really care about the utility costs since Landlord is supplying the appliances.

Then, I'm also wondering about the challenges.

I'm getting to the point where I have a good chunk saved and am wondering what guidelines people follow to know when they can start tapering off the contributions or stop them altogether.What rules of thumb are out there that people use?

Currently we are looking into a couple of properties in Zip code 43206 and wondering if you can share inputs about the area from the point of view of safety, tenant pool & growth/appreciation.I have lived in the zip code of 43206 for over four years.

(709sq ft)NO LOFT:But the cost to build is crazy high... and my GenCont. is wondering if I'd rather just do a single story 1 bedroom/1 bathroom.