If you think about AirBnB, it essentially acts as an escrow - a guest may book months in advanced and pay at booking, but the funds are not released to you until after check in.I would love landlords perspective from this community on if you would be open to using a trustworthy third party tool that offered this same service (ie. tenants pay whatever your deposit is to this escrow account, then 24 hours after check in it is sent to you).

Hey, can anyone recommend a good house cleaning service for the Cleveland area?

The work that has been done shouldn't require any services calls for a some years.We haven't put any top end items to the home.

A lot of the posts make two really good points: (1) a lot of people are trying to sell their services to newbies, which is completely understandable but can be a train wreck (I almost made a bad choice in 2022 when I was a newbie on the site and trying to get my feet wet).

The assets purchased would be considered "placed in service" in tax year 2024 and would therefore be able to be expensed/capitalized as applicable depending on the treatment of the assets.

I've heard about people creating Property Management businesses and billing their properties for service... which seams easier but I know that subjects me to self employment tax (but does open up other possibilities of self employed 401ks and such).

I have been striking out in underwriting with 30 yr fixed rates, the math just isn't working out for me to make any cash flow and the debt service monthly expense is wiping out any NOI and thus my yield. 

In my situation, a professional clean up crew repaired everything and also didn't find any mold inside of walls before starting the cleanup and new flooring and dry walls were installed and it was over ten years ago.

Written Buyer Broker Agreements: Agents working with buyers will need signed agreements prior to home showings, which should clearly define the services and compensation.

Even with stocks, there is "full service" where you call a broker to sell the stock for you instead of selling it yourself through a platform.