People are thinking about buying Christmas presents; going to Christmas parties; and traveling to grandma's house - not buying houses.

I loved the idea of buying property in places I like to travel to since I do love to travel and it does become costly.

OK.But..... she has this horrible chemical sensitivity and can't tolerate wood smoke.

Spell out what part of the lease they violatedLANDLORD'S NOTICE TO VACATEDate:August 15, 2009To: Mr Tenant123 anystreetyourbuilding, ST 00000To the above Tenant and all others now in possession of the below described premises:123 anystreetyourbuilding, ST 00000You are hereby requested to quit, vacate and deliver possession thereof to the undersigned on or before AUGUST 30TH, 2009.This notice to vacate is due to your following breach of tenancy:UNAUTHORIZED GUEST(S) STAYING MORE THAN 3 DAYSFAILURE TO OBSERVE QUITE HOURS ON 7 AUGUST, 2009SMOKING IN A SMOKE-FREE BUILDING AND APARTMENTYOUR UNAUTHORIZED GUEST(S) MUST VACATE IMMEDIATELY.Should you fail, refuse or neglect to pay your rent, cure the breach, or vacate said premises within 15 days from service of this notice, we will take such legal action as the law requires to evict you from the premises.

Also, it's amusing to me that they will rob and steal from each other instead of traveling a few miles to steal from a more affluent neighborhood, where they obviously could get a bigger payday.

I have a bunch of tenants.I will tell you what I tell my property manager.Do not get over involved in tenants problems and lives.Simply collect the rent and handle repairs and make sure the tenants are in compliance with the terms of the lease.I am very picky in who I allow to rent in my buildings.I turn down about 3 to 4 out of every 5 applicants.No pit bulls,aggressive breeds of animals,sex offenders,felony offenders,drugs,loud parties,unclean tenants,evictions from other apartments,no smoking inside of the units,etc.I go through this the first time I meet a potential tenant before I say anything else.The deadbeats leave real quick and the good ones like that I do that upfront and want to apply for a unit.You should have researched the tenants on the lease way before closing on this property.At the least it would have given you leverage to drive down the price further to take on a bigger problem.A good deal is only relative to the problems you take on when purchasing.Do not kid yourself on the drug dealing.If they grow pot,smoke meth,etc. the costs to remediate the units after you get them out can put you under.Just go talk to the sheriffs department about drug damaged units.Did you pull a criminal report for the area before buying??

Think its worth it to travel to?

Oh, and if you feel like you really want to invest some $$ in your education, spend $200, plus travel expenses to come to The BiggerPockets Summit in Denver next month.http://www.biggerpockets.com/conference/

Im 44 so I figure If I dont drink and dont smoke and go to the Y every day I have a pretty good chance to make 80 years old.

Hi,I am looking for a bit of advice on travel expenses, I am looking to travel to another city to look at rental property.