It's really difficult to determine.Also disturbing that the OP reported cash flow without anything for maint/grounds upkeep, reserves, or property management, and called that cash flow.

I theorize that the sash weight was much more and the mechanisms were not built for the extra weight.

There will be pitfalls and challenges, but compared to a book that doesn't lay out a clear and competent vision like that one does, I think it's worth its weight in gold.

Of course although legal it is totally unenforceable.Until you sign it the addendum has no legal weight.

None of us are getting any younger, but that seems like such a hard upkeep and possibly future resale.

All of these options take less time than it would to set up Buildium, they don't require upkeep, and they won't cost you anything.”

The taxes and upkeep are more than I can handle...".

The house was really run down, and basically not habitable according to law, i.e. so many things not working, as my bachelor b/f worked 12 hour days for years and didn't bother on upkeep.

Doing one deal without a license can fly under the right of one to transact their own interest in a situation, doing it as a business with ongoing transactions is very different/Another issue here is that any listing of RE in any book or magazine or publication of properties not owned requires a broker's license, to advertise RE for others, including FSBOs.Saying you're not listing for the public may not have much weight to it if anyone can join.

Unlike many businesses, evaluating the "goodwill" factor in real-estate is pretty straight-forward: vacancy & eviction rates, along with the state of upkeep give you much of it.You can only pay a price which enables you to continue to profitably operate the business.Write the letters of intent ... it's just the cost of postage and a bit of time for a follow-on telephone call.