THEN figure out what investment strategy lights you up and how you want to spend your time. 

I am handy and have done some small repairs (changing out a ceiling light) that come up after tenant moves in, or replaced a garbage disposal since it wasn't in scope and I found out after GC was done, simply to save some time. 

A warning to Real Estate Investors,DON’T BE A VAMPIRE.

We warned her that this was a mistake, since she did not terminate the lease she would be on the hook if Sis & Mom screwed up.   

I would file a complaint with the regulatory board and give him a crappy review on any online rating to warn others.

I just had my roofer look at a rental I just bought hoping he'd just give me a green light (I trust him), and he found a few hundred dollars of things to tidy up including some siding falling off.It's not a "bad" deal.

If you want I can put more lights outside or provide lawn furniture for you to relax.

Depending on your market, that multi-unit property may not be available in 4-6 months when we get the green light on the economy.

It'll take time for either sellers to see the light and compress the bid/ask spread, or for buyers (or at least this buyer) to have the confidence in the near term performance to underwrite to more optimistic assumptions. 

I’ve given each option some thought and each have there pros and cons, I wondered if somebody with more investment experience could shed some light on the situation.