I will definitely keep your advice to heart as I move forward!

Go to your hearts content because you're opening yourself up for way more opportunities for something to go wrong.

I could just see somebody's dumb behind having a heart attack, heat stroke, or burn in that thing, then they or their family will hire an attorney to prove your sauna is 0.3 degrees hotter than the industry standard, doesn't have the correct signage, you didn't post the number to 911 inside the sauna....some sort of nonsense to make it your fault and expensive. 

While that type of deal is not for the inexperienced nor for the faint of heart, it did wonders for my bottom line.Good luck!

Unless your brother or best friend is a GC and is willing to just do it out of the goodness of their own heart or because they want to partner with you, you'll probably burn them out.

however, I have had a change of heart since I want the house for more emotional reasons. 

This is a business, not a "warm, fuzzy, pull your heart strings" relationship....the PM keeps it professional and not emotionally charged.

Motivated sellers are the lynch pin the master key the heart of this strategy .

You could track them down and threaten them or wave your arms wildly or plead that the unpaid rent is costing your mother that heart transplant you've been saving up for...but the tenant won't care.My recommendation is that you turn the unit around ASAP, get it rented, and move on.If your tenant caused $1,800 in cleaning and repairing, you may want to raise your screening standards for the next one.

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