Let prior owner who was a client know that I would be interested in purchasing the property as is for the right price.

Loan amount is 283,500 for the two properties, origination fees are around $4,300. 

You always want to think about what the guests are looking for and tailor the property to that.

At the same time, I would speak/interview 3-5 agents and explain what you're looking for in your properties to see if they can keep an eye out for your ideal project.

Can you get away with 1 You tube TV account at more than 1 property?

I agree with Laura, if this is a long term rental it would be hard to convince the tenants that they have cameras on the property that the owner controls even with all the stuff that you mentioned (does not turn, only for surveillance for crimes etc.). 

Their intention was to take possession of the property by end of this week.

We appealed property taxes for a bunch of our rental properties in Georgia back in 2015, and it was one of the smartest moves we ever made!

I'm looking at the different property management platforms and wondering if there are any that people LOVE that does all the property management stuff but also does a good job tracking the financials? 

Though my ex-business partner had a scare when he was looking to buy a property.