Two rolls of toilet paper, paper towels, two water bottles, and two candy bars packed in a cloth shopping bag can be done for $5.

She wants to fix up the house we live in, maybe take a summer vacation, new clothes, shoes, maybe a different car???

We have an expectations meeting with the owner of the company of what we expect of them and what they can expect of us.We have them sign a code of conduct that they must adhere to, acceptable arrival time to the property, what their employees are and are not allow to discuss with the tenants, making sure their staff have professional clothing with company logo or identifying information on them and then we keep a copy of their lisc and insurance information on file.Again it is all about liability and you dont want to scramble looking for their information when you most need it.If they are not willing to do these things then they will not be willing to be a good partner down the road to make the relationship mutually beneficial.

People are used to seeing suds and if there are no suds the clothes are not getting clean.

No one is going to bring in their wet clothes to use my free dryer!

My wife comes from money and they never spend anything. they wear old clothes and drive old cars, and my family doesn't come from money and they spend almost everything they earn but they have the latest clothes and cars

All my foster kids are given their clothing budget to manage, etc.  

My handyman and I completed several items on the list:- New Flooring, vinyl throughout- New Paint, lighter colors- New toilets, vannities- New Kitchen countertop -Quartz- New Fixtures- New Dishwasher- New clothes washer & dryer$15,000 in repairs later, I was $210,000 invested.

@Alvin Sylvain it’s all roses and candy canes when the tenant moves in, then a month later you find the property trashed and the tenant has had “family” staying for more than the term specified for guests in the lease and there’s food, clothing and trash everywhere.

I had key metrics to that could not be degraded by the yearly allocation to my policy that are as follows 1)I was going to max out my employer Roth IRA and hit the percentage my employer would match in my other retirement account, 2) I would not touch any of my cashflow from my rentals 3) I would set aside 10% of my biweekly pay check into an emergency funds 4) I could pay all of my bills to include putting clothes on my daughters back/food in her belly/a roof over her head.