If I were a decent renter shopping in that neighborhood, I would choose that brick building over yours every time. 

Painting, for instance- an amatuer could take their time and paint a house over the course of a couple weeks and do a great job, but a professional crew could do the entire job in a day. 

Tenants in many markets already believe they pay too much (contrary to recent studies that show rent to property values have never been lower for the large US cities).If my insurance costs are not double my current rates over the next couple years, I will be pleasantly surprised.  

. 🤔 After having the plumber come back a couple of times to try to remediate, we brought in a different plumber that provided 2 other possible remediation things we could try.

However, in the last couple of years, GLVAR modified their PM agreement to include an option for PMs to collect fees while the property is vacant.  

Between now and the time you retire, there will be a couple of severe recessions and likely serious inflation. 

The committees have never said they'll require a specific form of evidence to show that you've rented the place for at least a couple of nights.

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Also Minoan has so many companies to choose from which makes it confusing if you don't know the suppliers well.

I can also allow a tenant to grow with me - just moved a family from a two bedroom to a three bedroom apartment.Personally the only reasons I would choose to invest in multiple markets is a) because I wanted an excuse to go somewhere regularly or b) for economic/geographic diversity.I had the advantage that my home market was good.