I’d love to explore the Air BnB market.

Can you afford a last minute ticket to Portugal or Buenos Aires and hotels to spend a week there straightening out a problem? 

Before doing this, I do plan on asking the local utility service to do an energy audit to make sure if there are indeed any air gaps/ insulation issues, they are resolved so that the tenants don’t feel like I am screwing with them (they are all TAW).

It will be smart to get your financials in place before making an offer, specially if you are throwing punches in the air to see what you can get.

I'm currently active duty Air Force stationed in central New Jersey and have had an interest in REI for quite a while.

Installing a central Gas fired furnace:Advantage:  Appears to be cheapest, will allow us to use existing hot-water pipingDisadvantage: Will hurt re-sale value for three family without splitting, will require re-lining of chimney, will have to cover the tenant's heating/hot water cost, no air conditioning, cannot convert into 2nd bedroom2.

They would know the higher comp was because it had a basement even tho it was not listed, that kind of thing. bottom line, they can make deals out of thin air that a bad agent would botch up.one agent I'm working with is like walking through 18" deep mud.

Hi, I have been working in and around real estate for the last 6 years as a landlord, contractor(flooring, painting, trim, light plumbing, light electric, trim work, drywall repair), air bnb manager, and I have consulted a few clients on properties they were going to buy.

Its like when you deal with a tenant who has never been evicted vs. one that has - the one that has will know exactly how they can prolong and delay eventually getting kicked out and isn't afraid of the process.The estimating program they use is Xactimate which every PA uses as well, but the end result is only as accurate as the line items they enter - insurers frequently leave off a ton of stuff you'd assume is included but isn't.

Just buy an air conditioner.