My agent sent her a pretty strongly worded email asking for an explanation for the unlawful intrusion and licensing violation of giving out her key code.Her response was that she checked her logs and claims that she was there with the clients herself and that's she's very sorry for not having made an appointment and she's very sorry for that and "what can I do to help to ease the pain?"

Should I just put some clear caulk over it to prevent water intrusion or could this be a sign of a more serious issue?

As with Michael's point in the last reply I will be building dividers soon.The tenet did call for the tree limb being down.As to the fair use issue, I am not an intrusive landlord.

Brandon,Like some other parts of the country where you live it sounds like CAPS are low for multifamily as it has overheated on appreciation and speculation plays.If you want more of a return say 9 to 10% annually then looking outside the state might make sense.With 170k you could structure this way.1.Find a free and clear property and put some down for a private note owner finance .2.Line up lender finance but ask the lender if they allow the seller to hold a 10 or 15% second.Generally a lender wants a 75% LTV.The 170k you will need about 12k to 15k at least for due diligence.Environmental phase one,vapor intrusion,site inspection,cost reserve stable,survey,appraisal,closing costs (title,transfer taxes,etc.).So that leaves about 150k depending on what you set for reserves.With you putting 25% down that is a 600,000 sales price.Seller held second at 10% and you doing 15% down = 1 million purchase priceSeller holding a 15% second and you doing ten percent you are now at 1.5 million purchase price.As you can see leverage can greatly help you go into a much bigger property which grows your income stream faster if you to do right.3.You can partner up with other investors to own a larger more quality asset and your equity share is spelled out in the operating agreement.

On an unrelated note, quarterly inspections seems overly intrusive to me.

As long as water can be relocated to a point lower than the basement, no matter where the house is, flooding and water intrusion can be prevented.Step 1 here is going to be installing proper roof gutters and figuring out where you are going to route this water.

The inspection report was thorough, and did uncover limited asbestos and limited termite intrusion, but nothing I wouldn't expect for a home that age, and nothing my contractor isn't aware of.  

Well, to Brian, the solution of housing for the humane race is lease to own.Let's not forget the reality, those here are already living somewhere.You are not going to see some great influx of housing leases or purchases, the folks in this casted net are already in the economy.The approach taken by the President is pretty much common sense, the expected or proposed boarder restrictions will most likely offset any greater influx of immigration, there won't be a greater intrusion of foreigners entering, bet my last dollar on that.

The main goal I think was to be able to depend on the house standing up straight, resisting water intrusion, resisting high winds, etc.

It all depends on how intrusive the covenants are.Generally, my HOA cannot tell me what to do inside, only outside.