Many properties in Macon lack central heat and air which I feel is a "must-have" amenity in GA.

The only thing we suggest to our guests is if they are able to start the dishwashwer before they leave it is helpful to our cleaners, but otherwise just lock the door when you leave and have a safe trip home.

If mold remediation is done by a handyman without air sampling or post-remediation testing, it can lead to issues during the sale.

Affordability is about 1:3So yeah on the surface it looks like a big difference, but there's a lot of things not controlled for in the stats- There were a crazy amount of houses built in the years just after the war, so housing stock was easy to come by everywhere;- Homes had nowhere near the kind of features they have now - 2 car garages, dishwashers, OTC microwaves, W/D hookups, high efficiency windows, central heat & air conditioning, etc - all those doodads and niceties drive up the cost of housing;- Fewer mortgages were 30 year, so homeowners had to pay (relatively) higher monthly payments;- Rentals were almost exclusively apartments, so there was more supply for buyers;ETCI think these things tend to be more stories that make for good press but aren't really that grounded in reality overall.

Wynd detectors are usually good for air quality, their effectiveness specifically for detecting marijuana smoke can vary, as they aren’t designed solely for this purpose.

You always hire professional cleaners if it's an old person's home and construction cleaners if it's a disaster area.

I think the expenses are light.If you want to achieve market rents, no central air is going to be an issue.

Some won't but I would want that so they aren't pulling random #'s out of the air.

Alternatively, you can offer more such as central air when the competition doesn't have it.Avoid areas with a lot of new rental deliveries.

For example, you may build a house that costs $1 million to build, but once it is finished is immediately valued at $1.3 million, so you created 300k in equity out of thin air which you can use to borrow against.