If the office is disorganized, their processes likely are, too.Other ConsiderationsExperience: Choose medium-sized firms—they balance resources and personal attention better than large or small firms.Fees: you cannot afford a discount property manager.

Patch, sand, prime and paint the holes and paint to match the wall.

The first thing to do if this is the route you want to take is build a team of rockstars in the city you choose to invest in.

Can I choose to pay half of the deferred capital gain with the 2025 tax return and half with the 2026 return given that I would capture the 10% exclusion of capital gain with the 2025 tax return and won't be able to capture more before the deadline of Dec 2026 (unless congress decides otherwise).

The property is undergoing a light rehab (new paint, new LVP flooring, new toilets, new kitchen, new vanities etc).

A tenant doesn't choose how to pay, a landlord does.

I know when i travel to hotels ( which is almost every month) I check for coffee pods and will choose hotel that has them  then i bring my own pods LOL  unless its a real high end hotel and they have the ultra coffee makers  do your cleaners know how to clean the water repository on a Keurig?

Quote from @Rob Bergeron: Guys, this Jefferson Coutny lead paint ish is going to be wayyyyyyyyyyyyy worse for owners than you understand.

And they had taken the kitchen cabinets apart and burned them in the fireplace for heat.....I salvaged some and painted over the burn marks, didn't look half bad....ya can't make it up, right?

I choose to just for the tax benefits.