All software companies have to earn revenue somewhere so they typically charge your tenant's for services so you pay less in software costs.If you want to step up into a professional solution, which you pay a monthly fee for instead of your tenants, look into Appfolio, Buildium, Rentec Direct, or Rent Manager. 

They would need to make "improvements" to the property, wheel chair ramp, handicap accessible showers, etc.

I have multiple rental properties but am asking with this situation as it is my first time encountering this.The facts are: I have a management company who manages a single family home for me. The tenant while living ...

“The problem is that in 1997, when the maximum exclusion levels were added to the tax code, they were not indexed to inflation,” says Evan Liddiard, CPA, director of federal tax policy for the National Association of REALTORS®.

You can't get 80% ask unless you win at musical chairs.

IRC 4975 defines a prohibited transaction as follows:A “prohibited transaction†is defined in IRC §4975(c)(1) as any direct or indirect:a.Sale or exchange, or leasing of any property between a plan and disqualified person;b.Lending of money or other extension of credit between a plan and disqualified person;c.Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between a plan and disqualified person;d.Transfer to, or use by, or for the benefit of, a disqualified person of the income or assets of a plan;e.Act by a disqualified person who is a fiduciary, whereby he deals with the income or assets of a plan in his own interest or for his own account; orf.Receipt of any consideration for his own personal account by any disqualified person who is a fiduciary from any party dealing with the plan in connection with a transaction involving the income or assets of the plan.Unfortunately everything you would like to do with your IRA falls within the definition of a prohibited transaction.

Your dining room seems to be staged with office chairs- HELLO..

My first home was a new construction condo, so I learned a lot from going to meetings, hearing about my neighbors' complaints, understanding insurance issues (like double deductibles), dealing with the board of directors, etc.

You are right, they are going up now because people get priced out of everything else.Associations can be great for a long time then you get some bad directors in there that can turn the place upside down.Really in property the value is in the land (my experience).

I am involved in many aspects of the community including chairing the Kenai Peninsula Realtor Association’s Annual Hospice and Habitat for Humanity fundraiser, member of the Kenai Chamber, supporting local sports teams, charities, organizations, and even being the ambassador for our state in the 1999 Mrs.