the conditions are varied but majority of blds are classified as D bld and "high" crime neighborhoods high for maine not usa but some sporadic improvements are being realized around court house, canal by river, canal by rt 495, kennedy park, and ice arena by high school. outside this area is much safer and better quality overall conditions, neighborhoods esp near bates college, or closer to highway. more sfr and less multis.many use local long term experienced property management teams unless your strong experienced landlord with systems in place. i have rented too and be inside many lewiston buildings. some transplants have cultural programming like keeping or killing or processing livestock in apartments cupboards and trash accumulation is issue. i have dealt with many lewiston applicants and my experience many with high percent of eviction and or conviction history or both. most are limited by section 8 rules. many my tenants were on younger side, and many had mmj cards and smoke indoors. allow friends couch surf, but some are entrepreneurial but have wrong product. deals can be had. but don't scrimp on professional inspections, or onsite interviews. buildings can be fixed much easier than tenants can.be very careful of flipping single family homes in this tree block area. it wont likely be sold to live in homeowner but rented out by displaced local.

(and a big Cornell hockey fan too)

The HOA on one of my properties HOA maintains the grounds and takes care of snow/ice removal etc, so thats a cost I don't have to worry about.

The garages are icing on the cake (I am keeping one garage for myself).  

The reason the offer is so slow is the gutters have ice damage, it needs a new roof, the kitchen is from the 50s the whole yard looks like it has been unkeept for 2 years, and the old owners smoked so it is ingrained in the walls.

I grew up playing hockey my whole life through out US and Europe.

(Thank God the ice and snow has subsided)A little about myself. 

The icing on the cake is that while we're in this boom the rent prices are excellent for landlords.  

What breaks the ice?

Again, I dont want to count on this, but it would be 'icing on the cake' and gives incentive to try to achieve those goals over time if you actually have a 'dollar benefit' associate with it.What are the rest of you doing for cap-ex and repairs?