Taxes are going up, vote for gambling and maybe we can all get relief. 

Renovate your current kitchen, take the family to disneyland, gamble it away in vegas, or buy another investment property. 

You're a PM managing 50 properties and all of your clients are thrilled with your management. 

ya, i think if i was selling a house, i'd be thrilled if an appraiser used 2 year old comps

You could even sell it later with owner financing or lease option... but if it looks like a gamble (you have no solid numbers and you are just hoping that it'll work out) - don't even touch it with a three foot pole and stay away.What are the "mixed units" ?

I also know you aren't thrilled about even thinking about suing him if he doesn't return it.

Not a giant amount of money, but for some reason I found it to be quite a thrill.

Just like the fact that many of our buyers love the idea of getting some of the staging furniture -- it often means a full-price or near full-price offer because the buyers are thrilled they can roll this stuff into their loan instead of having to pay cash after they purchase.Btw, I just did the math, and on average, we sell our properties for 95.23% of the original list price with a first contract in an average of 15.4 days.

Max, I am not from Detroit, so I would have to find a property manager to take care of it.I was just thinking of buying a couple as a gamble more than anything else.

When that happens, I'm thrilled that there are good home inspectors out there who will call them on it and ensure that the buyers are protected and know what they're getting into.But, like others on this thread, I've had my share of inspectors who will find things that don't exist (I can think of a couple reasons why this might happen), who will make mistakes (everyone makes mistakes, but they can be expensive when an inspector does it), or who will go out of their way to try to justify their fee.I'm a big believer in just fixing everything that comes up on a home inspection (I want my buyers to feel comfortable that they're getting a great house and that I'm providing a great product), but when inspectors screw up -- accidentally or on purpose -- it can significantly impact my profits.All that said, there are some great inspectors out there who would never purposefully misrepresent a finding, and those are the ones who are probably good enough to find real issues, even in a house that has undergone a great rehab.