The caveat is (there always is a caveat) that if you have enough money to make required major upgrades to your home, then you can sell it.

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Many renters just like buyers want the best rental and area for the best rate.Depending on type of renter some will just want a place to crash and not care about upgrades or condition.I know by you living there it will eliminate many possible renters.Me personally owning the complex wouldn't want a tenant knocking on my door all the time and if I was the tenant would not want to feel like my every move was being watched.When I look at property for purchase I run numbers off the bottom 50 percent of rental rates for the area based on class A,B,C,D building and then location.

Check into getting things separate metered and or high efficiency style upgrades.

I have had the main panel upgraded, to a 200 amp service breaker box, and plan to run all the wires myself and have an electrician tie them into the box.

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It definitely has it quirks to it, but John is very responsive to questions and I think he sends out upgrades every now and then.

May need to upgrade the entire service, though, if it can't support the new AC.

Even though this house belongs to my parents, they will be splitting any profit with me since I have been taking care of and upgrading this home, as well as paying the mortgage, since they purchased it.