You get as much objective information about them so that you can make an informed decision. 2.

Structuring your lease in this way would benefit you by 1) locking in a longer term contract to avoid turnover costs and vacancy loss; 2) it moves your lease end date out of the winter season and into spring/summer of 2026 so it can be more easily marketed and re-rented to match the seasonal demand cycle; and 3) it avoids any upset/angry tenants who may have been incorrectly assuming their rent was going to stay in the $1,200 range after their first 6-month lease term.Would love to hear any updates you have on how this one shakes out for you though!

Was it the best financial decision ?

Hence, the decision was to make the flight using a single-engine plane.The same logic applies to multi-family properties: a fourplex has four times the vacancy risk of a single-family.

unless or until an investor understands and can somehow quantify risk in each investment they’re considering they can not make a proper investment decision.  

First, I'd determine whether you like to be active (managing your own portfolio of rentals as you are today) or passive (letting go of control and day to day decisions/operations).

This is a lot more helpful to me when making investing decisions than platitudes of "positive cash flow" with no data to back it up. 

You want to be on the short list and then out work everyone else to land the listing.The 'top agent' question was more for the more experienced agents on this thread to voice their opinions on what influences that decision making process.Not an expert but there is a reason that brokers invest so much in making up good sounding names (e.g.

All in all - owning a place to rent to other people is a business, and business decisions need to be made based on that cold hard facts and not on an emotional basis, unless someone wants to quickly go out of business.

Interesting thread and has affected my decision to.