There may be something subtle about the two neighborhoods that creates a real difference.

@Judson Laipply - Yes, perhaps I was too subtle, but that was the very irony I was pointing out...

Leslie, there is a subtle but very important difference between prepaid rent for specific months (e.g., I am pre-paying rent for the months of January to June 2015) and an undefined "last month".You could claim it's the last month of the lease, but do you intend to let your tenants not pay you the 12th month (assuming a 1 year lease), or will you expect them to pay the 12th month, and then if it goes month-to-month, the "last month" will just keep rolling?

Well with us being in a rising real estate climate there are subtle ways to maximize value and get more for a property than you usually would that most professional rehabbers know, which would be something else you can question them about.

There are some subtle things they nail you for.

I purposely want it subtle.

There are areas in my market where subtle differences in housing style, school district, elementary school or location in the neighborhood have significant economic effects.

My question is what kind of subtle or minimal event would trigger the need to pull a permit in a typical rehab other than the obvious?

It's a subtle distinction, but important I think.2.)

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