If their request is for interior painting, consider a written agreement that they will have all walls cleared of their personal items (pictures, shelves they've put in, etc.) with the date range, adding in several days for delays, all personal belongings moved into the middle and covered, all at their expense, and that neither you nor the painters if you're hiring out will be liable for any damage to their personal property. 

Day after that you bang on his front door in the middle of the night when he's home, run away.Next night, you do it twice.Next day, buy a wig and a skirt that kind of fits you.

Yes, I definitely know I need to do research and I'm in middle of that and locating buyers as we speak.

Instead of taxing the gain and using taxes to go to those areas - they are offering you to skip the middle part.

Similarly in high rent markets (think coast So Cal, San Francisco, NYC, etc.) these markets could cash flow with significantly less than 1% ratio.50% rule: This rule again applies to those middle markets. 

I would prefer a location in the middle of the island, but I’m not to strict on this.

@Russell BrazilI am firmly in the “less regulation is better” camp, the issue is more of changing the rules in the middle of the game.

Im in the middle of opening a Heloc on one of my investment properties with them and they have $0 closing costs... and even the appraisal is $0 charge regardless even if I decide to cancel the process after appraisal was done.  

@David Ivy I definitely need to get with my insurance company and see what their restrictions are.

Can't do coffee since I live in San Francisco now (I did go to middle school in Chapel Hill!)