Or find a local design firm that has done cabins where they can show you proven rent results from cabins they've designed and have them charge you by the hour. 

Be sure to run numbers with both a local lender and a national one to compare terms-sometimes smaller local firms can surprise you.HOAs: Brickell condos often have HOA fees, which can eat into your cash flow.

Many of us actually purposefully remove them from our properties before renting them.

Your 954 is gone on the grass and snow removal alone. 1% rule means nothing, numbers either work or they don’t .  

If so, then find out what you have to do to have him removed as domestic violence allows the tenant to move without 30 days' notice (to ensure her safety). 

Things like landscaping/snow removal and labor cost for repairs are going to be highly variable based on your market so you'd need to do your own research on the going rate by either talking to other local investors, running your own google search, or exploring basic services on thumbtack/angies list etc. 

If I were you, I’d consider chatting with a property management firm active in that area...SlateHouse Group’s name comes up in local investor circles now and then...just to get a sense of what rents are really doing on the ground.

(I might call her back to ask her to remind me why this made legal so uncomfortable.)I ended up going with Titan rather than Solera only because when I called another law firm, they said they have a close working relationship with Titan and would recommend them. 

It’s also important to remember that allowing partial payments without a plan can set a bad precedent, so it’s best to handle this firmly but professionally.For the future, collecting the first month’s rent in full before move-in can help avoid situations like this.

@Patti Robertson I was more thinking if the tenant isn’t removing the trash in a timely manner or has trash on the exterior.