By all means make some tweaks (even hardened pros continuously do this) but definitely don´t stop.

I agree there is softness now but it will soon harden.

Well, to make it short, I found some great resources on this thread- How to Harden Units , but I wanted to hear more.

I've been reading on hardening your rentals.One great suggestion was to get the Section 8 Bible.

If some of those are close to the end of life expectancy, it makes more sense to roll replacement costs into the acquisition cost. 7% for repair at a student rental would mean the property is in a good shape and has been "hardened" already for student life.

The properties that give you appreciation and more importantly cash flow are ones you have to go in to rehab or "harden" for rentals.

@Joel Owens Actually the city taxes are the "cheapest" ( I quote because NYS nothing is cheap here ) around with all of these being under $1000 a year most around $700, this is what makes them more profitable as suburb rentals are $3000+ most on the + side.Trick is while doing the rehab/gut to remember your not putting it back together to flip/sell but instead try and harden it for long time use.

You screen etc and get a good tenant in paying market rate rents and you've hardened the property to make turn over less expensive.  

None of the lenders I have spoken to will do cash-out refinances before the 6-month hardening period.

I have been trying to "harden" the property using many suggestions I have learned here.Also, as I will be starting law school in the fall and I don't want to burden my husband with managing the property, I will likely be looking into hiring a PM company.