@Chou Yang Cleaning costs can vary, mine run depending on property anywhere from 10-20 percent a year but I have a private individual (cheaper) but I also pay them for other management activities and to be an on-call resource (more expensive)

We provide the mower much cheaper than knocking rent down for them to provide their own.  

But here's a rough idea of the basic steps involved and what it cost when I did it: STEPS:~ Drain the pool~ Remove pool equipment & cap off water lines~ Remove/cap off any unused electrical~ Knock down the edges around the pool and make holes in the bottom of the pool for drainage ~ Fill pool with "clean fill" material (i.e. soil, gravel, rock, sand, etc)~ Tamp the fill material as you put it in to compact it and reduce the chance of it settling over time once it's all fullCOSTS: (we did the labor ourselves so this is just for the material)~ $450 to buy a jackhammer to knock down the edges around the pool and also to make the holes in the bottom (we could have rented a jackhammer for cheaper but this way we own one and can use it on future jobs)~ $1600 for the fill dirt (it was a lot of dirt!)

I doubt your tenants in park owned homes will leave unless there is a cheaper, nearly equivalent option nearby.

I did the same kitchen with cheaper all wood RTA, delivered assembled ( as these were) for around $1300.

I could move to a cheaper apartment while I continue to search. 

Through research and travel, what I realized is there are many areas in the world that I would be open to living that are much cheaper than NYC or much of America. 

My assumption is, it would be slightly cheaper to get it all done at once, versus having it be two separate jobs.

Hey everyone,New investor here, i'm looking to purchase my first rental property and my main issues are :1-Like most places the market i'm in is very hot now, the numbers are not adding up very well and there's no way in hell to find something that will make 10+% cash on cash.2-The only "cheaper" better performing stuff will not be the beautiful brick and mortar, 4 or 6 plex, you know the one that was built for that purpose.

It is cheaper to have the loan in a long term residential loan and leave in your name with an umbrella policy.