Was really only looking for additional information that some of these senior landlords may have gathered throughout their years. 

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He estimates to spend an additional $58k over the next 10 years for maintenance and capital improvements. 

Are you in need of a boost to help give you additional means to pay your car bill, education loans, credit card debt, etc.?

That being said for the size of house your talking about it seems high.As a contractor, when i see stucco that has enough damage that needs sand blasted off i would suspect additional problems.  

I was merely using the above example as a way to illustrate that builders change price points based external factors.

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Have you written letters to them requesting additional pest control?  

They typically cut the grass and maintain the lawn so the property does not acquire additional liens.