I understand that early on you may need to be a cog in the wheel so that you are gaining sweat equity rather than spending cash, but as soon as you can remove yourself from the system.

One was on a duplex we had removed multiple layers of old linoleum from and staged on the front porch to be hauled to our dumpster and the other was that house fire I wrote about on another post.In both cases I was able to immediately call the city inspector, get an understanding of what the issue is and identify that I "work in Toledo, invest in Toledo, pay taxes in Toledo, believe in building a better Toledo" and give them a specific time when the issue will be resolved.

I'm not saying what she is doing is right, but if you take action like cutting the cord or removing the washer and dryer, she might just up and move on out.

It has PMI on the loan right now but once I finish improvements I can get it removed with a appraisal.

As you can see I have little hair.  

So I've removed much of my pre-tax investments, started a SD solo 401(k) and use that to make private loans.

What about other expenses such as lawn care, snow removal, pest control?  

The cost to remove them, redo the sub floor, new tubs, plumbing and tile work does not appeal to me.

Taxes, property management fees, insurance, heating (this old building uses oil heating), 10% of rent per year to maintenance, snow removal, pest control, etc add up to ~$29,000/yr.

Tricky though that you don't want to start off by having a neighbor that may be poised to be difficult.If the fence and she are not permitted (can you do a look up in the public records) then the municipality likely will frown upon it and make him remove it or get it permitted, but then since the survey shows this to be 3ft over they may say he has to remove it.How about taking to the seller to have them cure this prior to closing?