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I haven't been able to resolve our issues here either, but we on occasion once a tenant leaves is to pull off the register, scrape the texture, spray a 10-1 ratio bleach and water on the affected area, let dry and get a can of spray texture and then touch-up paint. 

@John Matthews I went through this exercise about 3 years ago while trying to manage some of the same issues you mentioned - #3 in particular, and also because at least one of our properties didn't fit into a nice Fannie Mae box (urban residential use, but think of a tenant running a small hair styling business).  

I agree with @Dan Perrott , it's not cut and dry.

Especially if the rental market dries up in that town.

.$3500/mo rent Rental Home 1 - $65k value Rent - $800Rental Home 2 - $65k value Rent - $850Rental Home 3 - $65k Value Rent - $950Rental Home 4 - $65k Value Rent - $950Rental Home 5 - $65k Value Rent - $50027,000 sq ft lot - $150k Value Rent - $800(small used car lot)37,000 sq ft lot - $150k Value Rent- $400(small 400 sq ft hair salon)10,000 sq ft lot - $300k ValueI have a good bit of cash every month coming in from these rentals I've amassed and Im making good money at work and I have a good property manager, would it be better to 1) pay down my home and save the money im paying monthly2) pay down the expensive rental which is my retirement property on the beach one day but leased out now 3) Just stay the course and keep adding rentals and using income to pay down the 2 properties?

@Rob Barry I'd say that 10-caps are extremely rare in this market and if you find one, there are either one of two things going on:  the seller has left some major expense component out of the pro forma they're showing you; or the deal has a tremendous amount of hair on it.  

The new hard wood floors had to be replaced, walls painted, house air dried, among other things.

A simple "I would be happy to meet you over here in 2 days once the floor is totally dry" probably would have avoided all of this

He is motivated.The property is 5 acres with a good sized creek running though it (never dry) with a 3 bed 2 bath ~1500 sqft house in pretty good shape (on an unfinished basement ~1500sqft) and 2 car garage.Properties like these in this area are rather rare and hard to come by.