I was just a little surprised at the amount of people and was wondering what the average tenant viewing is.

You would be surprised how long something as simple as providing general applicant information will take...Something that I did not do with my first rental property (great lesson learned) is to ask for concrete evidence, e.g., receipts, of the current tenant's previous 3 to 6 months rental payments.  

Richmond, Virginia has good significance with my extended family, which could make it a convenient move... but I haven't seen enough positive signs there to jump in whole hog.

I walk through with my cell phone on a note app like Evernote and write down everything that I seen that I'm pretty sure was not pre-existing (side note: I always walk around everything twice before discussing anything with the tenant, you'll be surprised how much more you see the second time around). 

It is not surprising that you have not gotten a deal from that. 

Works great...coils versus glass flat top.Goal:Met...I provide my family and my customers with a nice clean, comfortable guest house that is close to the beach, is quiet and is convenient. 

Always remember to continue looking for additional information that may have been missed to avoid costly surprises. 

So with this being my first experience in having to replace an old boiler, I was surprised to find that this is standard practice. 

You may be surprised what you find.

I offered $185k which was immediately accepted.I was surprised by how quickly I picked this up because I had made 3 other “low’ offers on other units that had all been bid up well above the original asking price.I say low because I was only under-bidding by about 5%.I thought 5% below asking was a good deal, but know I know you should look closer to 20-30% below market value.Now, I did some things right on this property.It was a 4bed/2.5bath at 2550 sq. ft. purchased at about the trough of the downturn.During the 3 years I lived there, I had 4 roommates at various times, pulling in an extra $21k total (sound familiar to Brandon Turner’s “house hacking” philosophy…great minds think alike???).