Now I don't bother, just have handyman replace damage and re-treat if needed. 

Another option is to offer the tenant you will pay for a one time service with a retreat and she pays the ongoing bi-monthly service.Although fleas are not usually a pest that City health codes require you to treat (unlike cockroaches and rodents), doing so will create good will with your tenant and she won't balk when you issue notice for a rent increase. 

Look how much you will be underwater if prices retreat even 10%.

I responded with the following:"We sincerely appreciate your feedback, as we strive to make our mountain retreat clean, comfortable, and attractive for all of our guests.

You may have to pay cleaning fees to use your own house, but a small price to pay to enjoy a nice little retreat. 

I think it would be great to have a third choice to distinguish our meetings from hard pitch seminars held with the sole purpose of getting attendees to cough up tens of thousands for a guru retreat in Vegas.If we answer "No" to this are we misrepresenting the intent of this question?

Otherwise, you risk running out of reserves part way through, as Jeff above alluded to, and more prepared investors will be only too happy to come in and pick up the pieces while you the newbie investor retreat to lick your wounds.

Find a marriage retreat, try doing personal development together, and above all work on yourself first.Good luck my friend.

If prices start to retreat, you'll have to factor that in.If you push your search radius out, you stand a very good chance of crossing into a different market, where values are not close enough to be useful.

@Mike V.Those "bookings" are me blocking it off for my knitting retreat (which I'm charging people for) and my Girls' Spa Weekend (which I'm charging people for).