What she needs to do is send a registered letter to her landlord outlining the necessary issues , hopefully they are serious issues not just cosmetic items, and indicate to him that if she does not get a response with a reasonable amount of time she will be asking to terminate her lease.

Some companies are tougher on what some people would think is nit picky items.

We already provided the developer a punch list of items as part of the contract and they have called our broker to assure us that they have been taken care of. 

Bailee's coverage will pay for losses to items that you have that is in your care custody and or control.

It is about as simple and passive as REI can be, and I really like the model and the principles behind it.

Bring a general contractor with you to the property and let them teach you how to identify problems and opportunities for improvement to bring the property to its full value.Go down to Home Depot and other individual wholesale materials stores and get a list of prices for everything you might use on this flip and every future flip.Go to the professionals desk at Home Depot and ask about discounts for bulk items purchased.It takes practice and a lot of trial and error at first to perfect the techniques to estimate costs.

@Shari Peterson  how do you secure your position on the 35 day model...

I currently own two single family homes which I rent out.  They are both in my personal name.  My "real" job involves a high chance of litigation sometime in my career and I want to shield my rental properties from th...

I have made drastic progress and I know it will be paid off within the next 6 months, I am just discouraged probably because I didn't tackle all of this earlier and I think every time I pay something off, and I research the next item on the list, the amount is more or it takes longer and that gets me discouraged.  

I'm continually astounded when I learn people I 'randomly' meet also invest in the sector, and I've made a variety of nice connections and learned about myriad models/ideas in this fashion.