As a private contractor this is vital to my financial well being.My area has an extremely tight rental market, and is especially tight for my niche market.That's it for now, I'm off to read and learn from you all.Thanks.

I could not rented so I decided to move in and hold it til the value goes up, I got a loan modification because of my condition that helped me a lot. now it has equity and I feel more confident in going to try again in investing.

I recently read the article of How to Screen Tenants, and I believe that location would be a place that that information would be vital. 

I would love to connect and receive any and all helpful feedback you may have that vital to my success...

Loan Mod: I hear a lot of talk about Loan Modifications to get the loan performing again which is my goal.

They are acting as an agent without the laws, ethics requirements, education, and insurance that are vital IMO.

I have my own that I downloaded from the BP files and made tweaks and modifications that worked for me.I did the same thing for my Assignment Form.

Four years ago I did a loan modification.

The only remedy would be hoping that the tenants move so that rent can be adjusted up to market rates.So, yes, it's vital to raise rents every year.

Any appliance can be taken by tenants, as long as original appliances are put back when they leave. tenants do not have to leave the place better than when they came in, only return it to original condition (minus reasonable wear and tear).as far as built in upgrades, technically same rule applies. while its true that typically any modifications to property are viewed as transferring ownership to landlord (assuming this is fixed to the property) there is no lease agreement to solidify this, although I assume case law would support it. the problem is that if they ripped out the new carpet and put the old carpet back, you have no recourse since the property is returned to original condition.