It's funny... when I was selling new homes, if they did not sell a home in the first 30 days, we used to put small cups of fresh paint in the air ducts to help make the home smell MORE like paint....

Self-storage!

I assume a pro would cost over $500 and for that amount my future tenants would rather have a dual sink master vanity and imperfect but freshly painted walls.

This is a short sale property and the numbers are below:List Price: $55kTaxes: ~$350/monthMedian Rent: $1400 (rentometer)HOA fee: 190/monthFrom the pictures it looks like this property is in renting condition (freshly remodeled).

Want to be able to do billing for extra fees, like utilities, storage, etc. - not just rent.Really, I'd prefer a one site that can do applications, screening, and billing / payments.Experiences, Comparisons, and Suggestions welcome!

I find the community based, no sales pitch environment of BP to be a wonderful breath of fresh air and a sensible approach to real estate investing.My interest is in owning rentals, be it single family or multi unit.

Good to meet you Mark,It depends on a variety of factors, the quality of your traffic, the layout of your site, the relevancy of the ads to your content, how fresh the content is, and the visitors frame whether they are desperate for the information your site is offering.

Hey Josh,Good question, but there's no right answer to the question :) It really depends on your family's situation, and I would think with children in the mix it gets exponentially more complicated...cleaning up properly, keeping power tools out of the way, keeping hazardous building materials away from them and out of precarious storage positions.Actually, my wife and I are under contract on a property where we're going to do just what you have described.

I sometimes hesitate to be so opinionated, because I don't want to discourage someone from getting a valuable education.Before I bought my first duplex at the top of the market in 1989 my dad said "Ellis be careful, just because prices are going up doesn't mean it's always will, cash flow & timing are very important if you want to stay in the game".I replied to him with my smart ***, fresh out of college attitude. " Dad I know what I'm doing, I did all my research & I've been working in real estate for a few years now." ...

Bank owns vacant lot next door, I was considering a package offer and thinking of storage units on lot, but numbers didn't work out for me.