If I rent it out I can factor the 600 sf addition in the rent (unlike if I were to sell), but I only have 1 bathroom so I’d assume spending the money and making the house a 3 bed 2 bath would be worthwhile at the very least.

Nothing irritates me more than setting up an appointment, driving over to the rental property to meet a prospective tenant and no one shows up.

I know this question depends on a lot of different factors but I just wanted some opinions from the BP community.

Greetings everyone,My wife and I are Realtors and spent the day driving around looking for potential homes to flip.

My goals are to build passive income and eventually be driving a porche 997 on the daily.

I also have been able to find a few off-market deals by driving around town and contacting owners through the county tax site.

Because of this a relationship is formed and most tenants do all they can to fulfill their end of the deal.Coming back to your question, I am leveraging what I’ve learned with dealing with people and forming a property management company, partly because I don’t think it’s hard work, secondly because I think their is an opportunity to make money, and most importantly because there are a lot of crappy property management companies, both from the perspective of tenant and owner and I hope I can do a better job.Sorry for the rant, but the property management stigma as being too hard and dirty drives me crazy.

I like to drive the area, see if people are taking pride in their homes.  

I drive the greater Jacksonville/Wilmington area for my full time job so I see a good amount of properties. 

Now this is a big macro assumption, but you'd have to believe the underlying growth factors of Boston to be pretty strong for the foreseeable future, and companies will continue to open campuses outside the city, e.g.