I can't imagine that someone with a 5000+ sq. ft wouldn't want an entry to separate things.Different strokes.

This would probably be the right time to take big appreciation gains if that's your thing.If you got a 100k house for 20-30k in 2012 and are renting it for 1200 now then I can't imagine why you would give that kind of cash flow up.  

I imagine that it would remove the paint without damaging the brick.

I'd imagine it's easier to get a license in another state when you've done the work in another first (kind of loosely like a driving license).

My grandparents have been investing in La Jolla, Pacific Beach and Mission Beach in SD since the 70's when properties were around $50K and I imagine people were also saying how those markets were overpriced back then!

I can only imagine how I would have done if I was applying that to Real Estate even a few years younger. 

I understand the basics and mechanics of both after investing for 10 years now just looking for some literature on the topics to dive into. 

What I imagined can be stressful is her hiring an agent - having the agent tell her all the repairs she NEEDS to do to get full market value - going thru 100 showings / offers / then closing ect.  

Prince Georges County has tens of thousand of eligible units. the income and other profile features of our candidate tenants are 97% of determining features as to what level(s) of compensation your investment will be legally accessible to achieve. if you buy in many markets in California ethnic and commercial groups will let you charge $ 5K to $ 100K a month rent, to match-up your earnings with their financing agenda and program factors. the United Nations, along with corporate interests, universities and countless governmental agencies facilitate mind boggling rents in every geographic market imaginable---for their select consumers. diplomatic embassy personnel, students, hospital staff, airlines and entertainment occupancies are a few tenant categories for above market rent candidacies. but generally just furnishing a sfh, or renting individual rooms will spike the rent yield more than enough.

As you can imagine it would be impossible for me to meet face to face with all of these prospects but I agree that I need to get more face to faces, at the very minimum with each person who verbally agrees to my price over the phone.