A landlord has the right to deny any applicant simply due to having a bad feeling about them.

I feel like they are going to cut me out of deals in the long run, using the team that I have in place.

Unfortunately, now I got an "order to repair" from the city (and not complying will result in fines) but repair is out of the question - simply not worth the cost.

Hello @John LeavelleProperty 1’s mortgage, insurance, and taxes is $445 and rent collected per month is $950.Property 2’s mortgage, insurance, and taxes is $800 and rent collected per month is $1,200.Would the refinance cut that much from the cash flow?

you can separately meter the units and have them pay water as a way to cut your expenses. then I would make sure the exterior would draw the eye and interior focus on the money areas (kitchen and baths). functionality of the units is another route to take on the interior.

If you assign the contract to a new buyer, that new buyer will have to take the property with all the obligations of those tenants, which will yield either a smaller overall purchase price or simply make it more difficult to assign. 

The federal government simply can't afford to have interest rates go too high so they won't.Also keep in mind if interest rates jump up like they did in the last few months, it is because the economy is trucking along and your rents are likely increasing as well.Having said that, I'm a big fan of evaluating risks from possible scenarios and planning for those contingencies so here's a few contingency plans I use.1) As you're already considering, stagger your maturities.

If all goes as planned on the numbers of MHP investing I plan to scale it up significantly so I want to measure twice, cut once on the software.   

Or is the issue here simply that their possible move out date is an inconvenience to you?

That said - they are simply a "multiplier."