Some pay for home warranties for this purpose but those are quite hit or miss (more miss than hit) so I don't use them.I have trusted trades or use Yelp or Angie's List as back-ups.Yes, you will have problems that require you to go a few trades deep to fix but that's part of the price of admission in my eyes.

My brother is taking a leave of absence for 3 months and there's a chance of him quitting entirely (we are not sure yet).

there are quite a bit of factors that go into this decision.

Yes, I am already finding it quite useful.

Our reaction is "something needs to change," not "I need to quit."

You can sell it right now on a quit claim deed but that would be an uninsured title and you'd have to sell it well below market value to find a buyer.

Hello All,

I joined BP awhile back, but have not done the networking needed to be successful, so why not start now. I invested in my first property in 2012, and have had RE on the brain non-stop. The problem ...

I see maintenance and damage repair as quite different.

I've seen quite a few "half plexes" pop up for sale in my area, but have never given them much consideration due to the potential problems you mentioned.

I have a friend who does quite well at that.