It’s also good to check whether your manager has a preferred contractor, as they might be inflating charges.What do you think about getting an inspection to make sure there are no other needed repairs?

What is odd?

There is plenty of property for sale in Memphis TN that can meet the 1% rule and you wont overpay for it on a "promise" (The inflated profits via the pro-forma they gave you).

I'm of the idea though that now is a great time for Americans investing internationally (because of our inflated US dollar).I know I'll be giving $10K to FIRB.  

We're likely in decent shape the next year or so, but in my mind, inflation will be key to watch. higher inflation will mean higher rates- may be good for property values if the overall economy stays strong, but inflation will likely raise interest rates. 

Same result as above.A third alternative is forced inflation.  

That's the beautiful part, working with just 20-odd clients can be a shocking $ volume.

For example, if someone takes a small down payment and inflates the value and the borrower figures out later they are upside down the loan could default.

Wednesday’s November CPI report gave us a peek at inflation, and it’s not terrible. Headline inflation ticked up from 2.6% to 2.7%, while core inflation—the one that ignores things like your weekly gas price mood swin...

Odd's are given the scale of it all there will be some level of general cleanup resources made available for private properties.