Make sure you factor in ALL costs, including all your "soft" carrying costs.

Maybe I'm crazy but to me the pic suggests that clean up is occurring since the huge pile of brush in the driveway is still green although being nov at the time it might be green for awhile.

Scrubbing really nasty floor grout with white vinegar and a scrub brush removed the accumulation of oil and dirt that I feared would not come off.

For a soft market, you may need to allow up to three months vacancy.

The $1400 bid included haul away brush...so I got the next two bids for cut down and leave brush and trunk in 4ft sections for firewood...at tenant request.

You want to stay fluid with the market so you can exit on the development side if things start going soft.     

I've realized that it's easy to paint the problem of homelessness with a single brush. 

Each unit has their own backyard, so, a memorial in the unit's backyard would probably have the same effect (or maybe even creepier, because it'd be the new tenant's own, private space, while the front yard covers both units.I might mention something to her after, but very softly.

., after 6 months, B2R can go up to 100% loan to cost (hard costs not soft), as long as you are not over 75%, and do not exceed the cash flow requirements.

There was some damage to the subfloor and a few areas where it was a little soft.