We have an accepted offer, but she's more risk averse than I am and given external factors, now wants to walk away from the property.

New external / internal paint.

success is not solely a result of hard work, but is influenced by external factors such as luck and risk.God luck to all!

Obviously, they handpick who they give us for references, but if you can find someone you trust who will recommend a turn-key provider, that's a huge plus.

His ADU was a garage conversion with small external laundry/storage room.  

If the brick is unable to dry out sufficiently, the water content - particularly in the outer wythe - will freeze and cause the brick to spall or crack.These walls are often 2-3 wythes of brick thick, so the external face can be in pretty rough shape and the wall still have sufficient structural integrity to carry the load of the building.  

I don't believe there is anything major going on externally that is causing that, other than just random luck whether the types of properties we buy are being released by the banks that month or not.The one exception was this summer, after the tax credit expired -- I believe this was a major external event that affected the market for several months.All that said, we're okay with slow periods where we aren't doing much...if we were desperate for the income at all times, we could certainly find deals by expanding our purchase criteria or expanding the areas where we purchase.

Prior to relocating to Texas last year we would manage the properties ourselves but after the move it became difficult and we had had a poor experience using an external management company.I am already negotiating on purchasing two single family homes that are already tenant occupied as well as waiting to see if a short sale purchase materializes.Almost all my experience comes from multi-family renters so if there are anyone selling or wanting to partner up, let me know.I've never tried a short sale before and the plan is to rehab and relist the house.  

I prefer to keep as much of it electronically as possible.Yes, there are some receipts that I do not bother scanning, but for the most part it is paid via check or credit card which feeds into Quickbooks.All HUD-1s, agreements etc are stored electronically.Files are backed up in the cloud and on an external drive.

and think of all the worst, divorces can force partition sales, so many external forces could effect your partners ability to contribute (as many when-if's you can think of)if the whole hing is really short term?