Throughout my career, I had two occasions where the tenants actually paid the full cancellation fee, moved out and turn over the property clean, and got their security deposit back.

Do you fly in and check in with your property managers and property on occasion?

I've showed uncompleted homes on many occasions...and have always regretted it...These days, I make sure to complete the exterior early in the project so that I can give potential buyers the address and let them drive by.

It has saved us on a number of occasions.

. - you're not doing anything wrong, particularly if you're saying you had one offer accepted through this agent in the last six months, and are pursuing the same strategy.We also make "outrageous" offers sometimes (really just trying to bring the too-motivated and too-ambitious sellers down to earth on many occasions) and, while some agents um and ur about it before passing the offer on, many of them get accepted.The trick is working with as many realtors as possible - even if you only take the one in twenty deals or so they pass your way, that makes you a valuable client who pounces on the better deals (and once you've come through once, they should know you're for real) - they'll scoff at times, and some of them, who prefer the easier and lazier way will avoid you, but the ones who stay with you will be hungry, quick on their toes, and part of the best team you can hope for.Keep up the good work, doesn't sound like you should change anything - just make sure you know what your market can provide, otherwise, if it gets too long between deals and they keep getting snatched at higher prices, you may need to go to another market, at least for a while - things might be picking up where you're focusing.Best of luck!

On rare occasion I find a building that might cashflow, but for the most part, you won't find one.

I normally dont let tenants paint but we have on occasion with color approval.

On the few occasions we have the refrigerator went up right after our tenant just stocked it with $4,000.00 worth of new food and they want the landlord to fix the fridge and pay for their food, without proof or receipt of course. 

Hello all, I've perused this site on a few occasions and it seems full of friendly and knowledgeable users, so I decided to create an account and get some info about my situation.To make a long story short, I come from meager beginnings and had just quit my dead-end job to invest my life-savings into buying a house in disrepair with my father.

On a couple of occasions she got confused on how much she had paid and was short by $30 and $50 for paying the whole amount.