*One is section 8 and has become a hoarder and gets frequent fines from the HOA for items left outside (two partners don't care because the rent is always paid) * One is a tenant of almost 2years who pays on time, cares for the inside of the home but has suddenly stopped caring for the exterior, and appears to have moved in a dog and a boyfriend but denies both.

Im wondering if it is going to be like this everywhere and I’m hoping that a kind soul might be able to throw us a lead on a good place in a safe neighborhood for 2+ bedroom 2k/mo or less and we do have a 11lb poodle mix dog.  

Just be careful of sales people saying anything to get a property sold.

They put down one dog on the application.

If you need to build up cash, there are a few things you can do including: finding deals for other real estate investors (i.e. wholesaling, bird-dogging, etc), saving money every month from your job and/or having a side business to build up capital. 

If you're taking care of the aforementioned items and anything else that comes up, and all he has to do is put some money down, a 50/50 split is a great deal for him. 

Just state calmly they need to take care of the property or move out.

In my experience, clean tenants that take care of the property do not have German cockroach issues.

She opted, like many lottery winners do, to take the smaller lump sump payment up front, rather than the time and energy associated with taking payments over time (i.e. selling them off one by one at a higher "market" price)The appraiser didn't care and used comps from foreclosures, that had been flipped after being purchased, from 2-3 years ago.Appraiser, like anyone else, do things for unexplained reasons some times.

I sold a duplex in Minneapolis that had at least that much elevation change from front to back.Some people will care, some won't.