This is a business decision and it's important to keep your emotions in check when it comes time to deal.

Dish you don't have to let a dish be installed permanently they can put it in a bucket on a pole, or use a temporary clamp to hold it to the building. 

Vacant houses are the way to go and more preferably, vacant houses where the owner lives far far away and has no emotional ties to the property.Good luck and happy investing!

What you don't want to do is let your ambitions and emotions get the best of you, which is a tough thing to do.  

Are there services I can hire to provide this service without the need for me to have a live in super or if I have one can provide the services on a temporary basis while the live in super is away?

Rates are varied due to emotional attachments (discounted rates) At first we agreed to raise the rents to market value, what seems to be around 1000 to 1200 for the area.

Also, hiring an agent takes all of the emotion out of your approval/denial decision which I think is a good thing.Think about it, the agent will still provide you with a breakdown of all the information you need to make the most informed decision you can on a particular applicant.  

(a) Eligible Mortgages(i) Each Investment Property Mortgage must comply with Section 4203.4 (ii) Each Investment Property Mortgage must be an Accept Mortgage, an A-minus Mortgage or a Manually Underwritten Mortgage with a minimum Indicator Score as set forth in Exhibit 25, Mortgages with Risk Class and/or Minimum Indicator Score Requirements (iii) Mortgages with temporary subsidy buydowns are not eligible for delivery as Investment Property Mortgages (iv) Freddie Mac will purchase Investment Property Mortgages made to Borrowers who own more than one financed Investment Property, provided that the Investment Property Mortgage being sold to Freddie Mac is: ■ An eligible fixed-rate, level-payment Mortgage, or ■ A 7/1 or 10/1 ARM, and ■ Not an A-minus Mortgage(b) Special underwriting requirements An Investment Property Mortgage delivered to Freddie Mac must meet the following special underwriting requirements: (i) For newly constructed homes that are purchase transactions, the Borrower may not be affiliated with or related to the builder, developer or property seller (ii) Each Borrower individually and all Borrowers collectively must not own and/or be obligated on (e.g., Notes, land contracts and/or any other debt or obligation) more than six 1- to 4-unit financed properties, including the subject property and the Borrower’s Primary Residence.

Because the bricks are so old and unmatchable, my insurance company offered to rebuild the pillar then apply PAINT to all of the rest of the pillar bricks to make it the same color, but not to all of the rest of the brick building.Painting is a temporary solution needing to be redone every year and I want the bricks to match.

I have always been one to prefer to do thing right from the beginning rather than using temporary band aid solutions.