Or sell the pretty pictures in the brochures -- not sure how he's doing it, but he's showing those new houses on his FB page on a pretty regular basis.I was also surprised to learn from some BP friends over in Beaumont that they are getting higher returns on their rentals than we are. 

Do I get regular landlord policy?

It takes a dedicated team (6 in our case) to meet regularly.

We've let tenants paint before, letting them know we would use their security deposit to repaint the property to the original color at the end of their tenancy.

Given this much notice, the tenants would have to leave by 9/1.At closing we found out that these are brand new tenants, they had just moved in, and that there is no lease and no security deposit.

After graduating from ITT Tech i began working for a company installing home security and structured wiring in homes; that's where i was introduced and found a fascination for Real Estate and began watching HGTV.

The only thing is my regular job as a nurse I don't make enough to cover the cost of our primary residence mortgage and the second home mortage on paper.

Total cost for entire duplex (both sides):Normal regular install with carpet in the Bedroom: $11,768.38Everything with Planking except stairs: $17,185.78 or $5,417.40 extraEverything including stairs: $19,039.02 or $7,270.64 extraThe carpet installation for both sides is $2,632.48 for the Normal install.For a long term buy and hold I am still leaning towards the planking of everything.

Total cost for entire duplex (both sides):Normal regular install with carpet in the Bedroom: $11,768.38Everything with Planking except stairs: $17,185.78 or $5,417.40 extraEverything including stairs: $19,039.02 or $7,270.64 extraThe carpet installation for both sides is $2,632.48 for the Normal install.For a long term buy and hold I am still leaning towards the planking of everything.

Hopefully there is not much other damage and you can deduct the water bill from their security deposit.