The outside rails need sturdying up, roof needs a little repair, GFCI needs to go in the bathrooms and carbon monoxide detectors in the hallways.

Keep the tenants on a short leash but chose your battles.

Back deck isn't sturdy, and mold could be potentially dangerous.

My dog loves to run after the squirrels in the park, but she don't get to go too far because of her leash.

I will be beefing up the structural sturdiness of the back deck off the master bedroom and resealing this structure for protection moving forward.

Make it beautiful and sturdy so that you aren't replacing it frequently and guests will want to stay there.

There are several benefits.1) The keep a tight leash on their vendors list in terms of "quality".

With rates rising and prices and rents starting to go down you will see investors not buying homes especially since banks are tightening their leash on secondary homes

- I operate 20 Section 8 houses in Toledo, I have to openly say it's a Love/Hate relationship...it kind of goes against my conservative values but the money comes in like clock work and the tenants are for the most part good people and simple need a short leash for their expectations and paying their portion of the rent.

Mortgage lenders have a very short leash in this regard .. just like title companies..