Please don't waste two months coming up with a name, designing cards, and picking the paper weight for your letterhead when you could be using that time more productively!

Unless you have more than 10 units with carpets, then a commercial cleaner and its upkeep would probably not be worth the hassle.A good entry level carpet cleaning machine (carpet extractor) worth having will cost you around 1500-2000 bucks, used.

Just when you think you read everything interesting BAM and whole new set of posts spring up keeping me interested and learning more.I think learning though other peoples mistakes and or experiences is one of the greatest tools there is.

I've thought about doing weight limits and 'meet and greets' before I allow pets to move in.

Throwing their weight around is just a way to avoid any brain damage and make life easier on their side, which is not a good enough excuse for me.Maybe the thing to do is to plan on holding it 91 days and offer an even lower price if they make the requirement and make a higher offer if they don't.

I am assuming this is upkeep and maintenance on the house.

I wouldn't put too much weight on tenants feedback on the PM.

The BPO providers sending the report in are what the bank considers "non-biased" meaning they were paid a nominal fee such as 75 bucks or so to complete an interior BPO.They give more weight to the BPO report than anything a buyers agent, sellers agent, or the buyer and seller say.

I'd weight it to how good of a tenant they are, and how likely it was to need replacing soon any way. 

Underlying principle for our deal analysis is that while we value cash flow to expedite saving for future deals, we are much more weighted towards 1) great deals at purchase, 2) long term appreciation potential, and 3) getting as much of our capital back after refinancing as possible to repeat.