When it comes to managing your mortgage, most homeowners are familiar with refinancing as a way to lower monthly payments or take advantage of better interest rates.

It is a matter of how bottom-line-oriented they are and knowing how to file insurance claims.

Or does anyone have advice on how to find a good cold calling VA?  

Quote from @Jeff Calcaterra: We have a potential tenant new to the area who has gone through a paid background check, signed a background check authorization form, sent us a LinkedIn profile, sent an offer letter and says he is willing to send us paycheck stubs, but says he doesn't want us to call HR to verify employment because he is supposed to have found housing already.

I have built in the past and I do not understand how anyone can build a house for 250k that will last.As an agent I focus on high end relocation clients and many are positively surprised by the build quality compared to the south.

About how they saved $6,000/yr for the last 10-20 years.

You are training the tenant on exactly how to $crew the next LL.  

@Chris Seveney basically treating it as a sale of assets and having to pay capital gains.

Also, how much time do you want to spend doing real estate vs. your main job or extra work in order to fund it.

I would suggest you do some soul searching before you make and decisions to sell.