Suppliers and skilled repairmen are likely going to be harder to come by out there. 

Every supplier needs to know he doesn't have authority to buy anything, every client needs to know he doesn't have authority to collect money.

Unless you're right on top of MSU, you can't command top rents - much of Lansing proper is in tough shape economically, since GM (and its suppliers ) have shed a lot of jobs there, and the state government is bankrupt.

You might want to have a chat with an attorney about this as they'll have standard forms for each party to fill out.Finally, remember - providing your credit is good, you can usually setup an account with Home Depot (or whoever your supplier of materials is )etc..

Being more professional has less to do with credentials than how you interact with your customers, suppliers, and the community.

And, there's a ton of new infrastructure projects coming that will eat up $multi-million mitigation bank credits like popcorn, with only three suppliers (mitigation bank sponsors) in the entire state. 

Cabinets and granite are less at local suppliers and so is trim at builders stores. 

Other landlords may even have better suppliers or ideas.

Jessica Thompson - for countertops I typically leave that out of a contract and go directly to a countertop supplier for furnish and installFor cabinets I have contractor provide labor only and I will buy them.

I'm not sure I will get benefit to the upgrade, but I'm positive I get benefit on BP in general and will feel like a leech if I'm the only one seeing the upsideBtw, I may have already received that piece of advice in another thread last week related to discounts on materials suppliers.