@Leo GregoireTo answer your question directly about cash for keys:In rent-controlled states like California, you can sometimes pay 10 to 20 grand a door to get them out.I have never had to go this route before.

Being a first time landlord I may have under priced my rental but it covered the mortgage and I have been without a tenant for a grand total of 15 days in 6 years.

The listing price, along with prop taxes and interest, were making this property's PITI payment to be well over 3 grand.

I have properties all over the lower Rio Grande that could serve you as great investments.

At the end of the year would it be 200k minus 2 grand x 12?

I buy turnkey properties that only need a couple grand worth of backlogged maintenance.

Hello,I’m a new college who made a goal to buy my first rental property by the time i’m 25 (which would be in 2 years) and am starting my career as a commercial real estate broker in Grand Rapids, MI.

Detroit, Metro Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon are all great areas to consider. 

Plumbing all that to the house is a couple grand more before rough-in.My property is in a very rural area right next to a popular ski resort plus it is elevated on a ridgeline.

The longer you take the longer it will take.I'd rather a $1000 loss than to prolong the situation and lose the grand along with several more months of possible rent and aquiring more and more structure damage to the property.