We are researching this item.3.He stated that he was prepared to take whatever legal impacts this might cause him in order to take care of his family.I politely ended the conversation with a few statements about how I was going to have a weed company come out and spray the lawn, and left.I thoroughly reviewed the lease again.

Also, security deposits should be handled very carefully (not co-mingled with personal accounts)-so this could be a reason why they want to hold on to it?  

But whoever rents it out isn't going to take care of the house the way you would.

This saves all of you a lot of time and trouble.Your idea of an open house is a good one depending on the market.

They are meeting the toughest screening possible - they pay rent on time and take care of the place.   4.

We saw about 10 houses and he still had not decided, as a matter of fact, he was looking at houses worth $320k but was willing to offer $270k, and these houses didn't even need ANY tender loving care at all!

One nice gimme back at the end of each year is that you can legally gift $15000 a year to whomever you wish.So even if you really didn't want to collect rent there is a way to do it so you act legally and take care of her.

I don't care how well you rehab the house and if U pull all permits if your tenant base is abusing and transient your goose is cooked before you ever started.. 

You will need at least three decent/affordable maintenance people, especially since you can't drop by the property yourself to take care of things. 

He took good care of the place and he always paid his rent.