All good tenants should be rewarded with dependable service and the upkeep of the property.

I’m not sure if this is a requirement, or legally holds weight, but he is the only child of the deceased.

If you chose to keep the contracting “at arm’s length” and avoid any future liabilities, then verify/hire your contractors and don’t bring them in-house and be clear about their roles and responsibilities beyond the Scope of Work.I think it’s also important to know for all of us here at BP that the word “contractor” carries a lot of weight and means very different things to different people, none of them incorrect.

Referrals from fellow investors are worth their weight in gold and so Im asking on here. 

Of course I will still have maintenance/upkeep costs and vacancies.

Once again your first post in a thread had me cracking up. Keep

Your place is listed as sleeping 8 because of bunk beds in the third bedroom with stated 200-lb weight limits.

This lease agreement holds the full weight of a written month to month agreement, without providing you any of the protections given to you under a written lease.

NetWorth Realty fees would have been 1% to list the house and 1% when the sale closes, but I decided to pay 3% if she sells the house and 0% if I end up keeping the house in case of heavy bias toward buyer’s market.

“Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift no heavy-*** weights.”~ Ronnie ColemanKinda like Real Estate....everyone wants to be financially independent or rich, but not everyone wants to put in the time or maintain that singular determination required to not let anything get in the way of accomplishing that goal.