A little spongy but it serves as a water and pee odor barrier.

Bad property managers exist because of bad Landlords!

I haven't been very successful finding good prospects, I even had to evict my recent tenant.We're not getting a lot of applicants, and the few who apply have really bad credit scores.

I figure you would want to renegotiate if there was an issue like lots of bad debt or high expenses?

I was just wondering if anyone in the Boston area had a good/bad experience with one RE school over the other.

. + cash flow) appreciation each year is >10% (ie. better than could be expected from the stock market), so selling seems like a bad idea.

That is a big step that very few get too.As far as financing, its hard to say if it was good or bad.

The carpet was brand new and now it is very bad. 

Even with AMT it may not be a bad idea as to limit tax rates to the AMT Rates.

The principal for the property currently sits at about $86,820, with an Escrow balance of about $850.This is obviously a very bad deal as it is; my question is what would be the best option to drop the mortgage every month in order to get a positive cash flow, either by refinancing the mortgage, or getting some other loan at a much lower monthly cost?