That's well beyond the time it takes to indicate that the rent is too high or the property needs improvement (of course it's a sliding scale and the 2 are interdependent).

Even better would be sliding bars where you could play with some variables and other variables would change...Thanks BPers!!

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It just wont slide out .

Of course you'll get stuck with the slide in on some houses but Lowe's tends to run these and cabinets specials at least once a month for about two weeks.

Expenses as a percentage of rent is not a good metric, unless you're using a sliding scale and know what percentage is accurate for different property types and rental rates. 

If anyone has advice, agenda, slides, or other material that could help me get started, I would sure appreciate it!

The “buyers” put on their repair list to upgrade heater (which has been working great and was serviced), install sliding basement windows (which is an upgrade and we told them no because that could get pricey), our kitchen shelves in (we didn’t get to that just yet), put screens in windows (I was getting some broken screens re screened and didn’t put them in bc of the weather), etc.

Bridge Loan: Financing which is expected to be paid-back relatively quickly, such as by a subsequent longer-term loan; also called a “swing loan.”

In those instances we make an adjustment for the late rent, and rent for two subsequent rental periods, to the purchase price -  to account for the time and pleasure of dealing with the Vendor's problem.