@Mark Bills that’s really strange, the 50 bps refinance fee from Fannie Freddie was removed just recently.

I understand it hurts to provide bad tenants money, however it will resolve the problem quicker and remove this frustration from your life, which I'm sure is worth a couple thousand dollars. 

@Kay Nemen - get comfortable with the idea that rents must increase and must outpace inflation or your returns will eventually degrade to the point where you are loosing money.

Her contractors will probably just bust up the old granite for easy removal. 

We require it and have collected a couple of times (tenant caused fire, tenant failed to remove snow and ice and third party had slip and fall).

To identify demand hotspots for vacation rentals, we will use a two-step process: First, we will plot on a map all of the Airbnb listings on the island.Then, we will remove listings from this map that have received fewer than 30 reviews in the previous 12 months.Thirty reviews—why?

(STR laws, notwithstanding.)And if you can remove that one barrier of Airbnb or VRBO, then you've got an (almost) truly independent small business.

I have a leak coming from under the tub which would require removing and replacing the tub and tile due to the damage it is causing in the downstairs apartment.

The unit above her had an old stackable,which I  removed.

I see many investors loose time and money trying to do it all themselves.