Woke up to my tenant sending me pics of the lone tree in the yard had some branches fall in his car. 

Also find out if they have a move out list for you to check and what the expectations are (ie I expect any carpet to be professionally cleaned and want a receipt, over is cleaned, if you had a pet any poop in the yard to be picked up, etc).  

Look at all the KPIs like occupancy and rate.Do you have other expenses that go up, like utilities, yard care, internet on MTR?   

As soon as you walk out of the cabin the dogs race to the dinky fence about 80 yards from the cabin and bark like they want to kill you.

When I was working in local government I once filled in a guy's yard with concrete that kept digging up our water line and stealing water.

Even if you purchased your home at the very tip-top of the market before they dropped by 19%, if you would have simply paid your mortgage payments, mowed your yard, and stayed in the house for 6 years (you had to live somewhere during that time), you would have made money on your home...and that was the worst drop recorded.

Regarding pet allowance, do people usually request to leave the pets in the front or back yard?

I do this all of the time.Then I use “Subject To”, which runs $15,000 to $20,000 to buy a property instead of putting 20% down ($80,000 on a $400,000 property), and a similar process called “Seller Financing” that gives way more than 1% monthly income.There are other ways called “SEO” and “Pay Per Click” and “Yard Signs” and so on to find properties.Ok, everyone ready for the REALITY-CHECK by an ACTUAL real-life Pro????

They will have a private drive and private fenced back yard on the corner of the property.

I have a contract for deed right now where I am getting fined on a daily basis because borrower has junk in the yard and I keep getting fined because I am on title but I have no way of cleaning it up as I cannotNow say I own other assets in that county I will.