There's no reason to think that he's up to no good.Good news is that this dude's not going to be high maintenance in terms of "waaah change this lightbulb" or "the door is squeaking."

I would love to work with other members of Bigger Pockets on any project they may have. I am in the process of re-expanding my business after the downturn of the last recession. We handle anything from the tip of the ...

The question I have is, in order to make it rent ready and not to spend too much to make it look so luxurious, what are the basic things that a rental home will need with low maintenance.

Bid price, plus your costs to maintain the property, which could include insurance and maintenance costs to make it livable so you can rent it out during the redemption period.These folks are the local experts on buying at tax sales - I'd recommend taking some of their free training before investing in these.     

That doesn't allow for any vacancy and maintenance. 

I was hoping if we can find another good in house property manager but am open to property management companies.We already outsourced our maintenance side to appfolio, tenants call appfolio 24/7 line and they call the contractor if emergency otherwise create a ticket which gets emailed to our contractors.

There aren't many more services to cut in Berlin (there is enough deferred maintenance there already), so higher taxes are the inevitable byproduct of that. 

Also, figuring $100/month for maintenance/upkeep.  

Not much maintenance need on average $3000 a year is what I spend on expenses. 

I can also provide info on cleaners, maintenance people, etc.