i cover pest control and lawn care on my stuff. keeps down on issues and i know the place looks good. for my student rentals i also build in a quarterly cleaning fee where my cleaning lady comes through and does a deep clean. extra eyes on stuff and parents happily pay it to ensure their kids have a solid spot. pass through cost for me and well worth it. 

Hot tip #2, if you get a wildly high quote, it’s probably because they don’t really want to do the job or are too busy.

I would definitely rather not pay the wild yearly fee for "doing business" in CA!

I recently purchased a new home with the lady and am hoping to turn my previous townhouse into a rental.

So I told the seller, I got a bad vibe from this, sounds like this lady is going to live to a hundred, and rent control laws, as well as laws protecting tenants over 62 here in NYC make it impossible to get rid of her.

My friends father made an agreement with a lady years back.

The biggest wild card here is appraisal.

Also seen the opposite where decent lot, decent price, looked clean, but when I got there must have been $100,000 in cleanup needed with all kind of trash and junk on that lot.I've never been to Harris county auction, but from what I understand they have multiple auctions and maybe even different locations depending on the precinct, so know where to go if you can.At one time there was a lady that would offer orientations at Harris county maybe 1 hour before the auction starts.When you are ready to bid, know how to pay. 

For as long as I can snag deals like this - https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52/topics/1193019-says-...And I know that you guys have similar numbers in Detroit, I couldn't care less about the "keyboard cowboy" data.Virtual $ex with Jenna (Old Playstation game and sorry ladies) is different to real life.Same as the online stats, demographics and data...They don't/can't show the real life micro economic data of tertiary cities.Well, they can but they aren't accurate just like Zillow isn't in my market.Micro is very different to MacroJust my 2 Aussie centsPeace, I'm out 🤠

@Joshua SunThe appraisal is often the biggest wild card in the BRRRR process for SFR.