As @Dmitriy Fomichenko and @Brian Eastman mentioned, her IRA can function as the lender, just as if you were taking a loan from a bank. 

Once replaced, raise the rent to market.I would also replace the blinds, at the tenants cost as it is a matter of preference, not function.  

In Indiana the landlord has to have the tenants sign when they move in that smoke alarms are in place and functioning. 

I know there is research somewhere on number of years we waste waiting - in traffic or in lines for transit that does not function.

I know what works, what sells, and what functions. 

Craigslist performs this service for free.Agents/brokers perform a service by actively marketing a property, under state license and with some levels of ethics standards and accountability.Wholesalers work some form of market price arbitrageSpeculators are not investors but add value by exploiting time, trend, utility, functionality, location or scarcity.I think buyers and sellers will be equally sceptical of any vehicle for sale and transfer that they fo not understand.

Usually a property offered at 3% CBB has a catch: busted properties, functional obsolescence, undesirable locations, or what have you. 

Focus especially on the kitchen and bathrooms, which should be functional and large enough to satisfy most tenants.

I’m a firm believer that anyone can improve in this respect – it might just take a lot of time and hard work.As a recovering (functional) alcoholic and all around piece of crap human being, I’ve spent a ton of time trying to figure out why I did the things I did, reacted the way I did to situations, thought the way I did about things, and why I was who I was, essentially.

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