Thanks,Amirhttps://www.realtor.com/reales...The length of vacancies can differ based on factors like the property's location, rental market conditions, property features, and the effectiveness of your marketing efforts.I would suggest considering, Optimized property description, Great photos, Video/virtual tours. 

If you don't know what rents to expect in an area, take a day and tour several units in a certain market to get a feel for what you can expect to make.

With the exception of certain rural areas that lack amenities and communities that depend on energy development, most places in the Rocky Mountain West have attractive fundamentals in the mid to long term.So tour around and figure out where you want to live. 

I got a tour from a realtor today and the bigger house was obviously a fixer upper.

We do have occasional earthquakes but that is also very location specific.But the major faults in CA are approx 300 years overdue for movement...I toured a fault area with a Geologist a few years ago and it was frightening to say the least.

Recently i became concerned about the condition of one of my rental units due to the erratic behavior of my tenant -- furniture on the front porch, garbage in the yard, long rambling texts complaining about the unit, etc...I gave her notice that I was coming to tour the unit with a handyman to do a routine safety and maintenance check.

Hi Caleb,If it were mine, there would have been pest control built into the budget as a line item upon purchase.The monthly (really quarterly) hit amount based on the ongoing yearly contract amount for the service.I assume you do not have this and are looking for a one time solution (ask a few major pest control companies if a one time solution will work in your instance).Rather than evict everyone, it might be smarter to tour the units with the pest control rep and make written notes of what needs to be changed, as in Unit 12B needs to not let unwashed dishes stand in sink, etc.., and then advise each resident of what they must do to clean it up....No lease language = no teeth to require, but many might just need to understand what is causing the problem to comply.Good Luck!

You might want to tour some of those $1,500 rentals and see what renters are expecting in that price range before you decide? 

I don't typically ask for an application until after the prospect has toured the unit. 

Hi @Thomas Gagnon and others who contributed: I am visiting Holyoke on Wednesday to tour some properties and meetings my partner has set up for us.