Had 2 jobs and income from the death of her husband.She also had an eviction in 2011.

From death threats to tenants being murdered to overdose to theft, property damage, fire, destruction, damage & everything else in between.The purpose of this blog is to peel back the curtain on the Property Management Business and show you some of the real life things that have happened to me or members of my company 1st hand.

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That is the point that Jay was making.Some people always leave it to last minute, others need that wake-up call they are on the verge of losing their house before taking action, others have had other pressing issues to deals with in their personal life(divorce, death, etc) before dealing with their tax affairs, others simply don't have the money to pay for the tax liability (but there'd still be  the option of selling the house, if it is worth something)In my opinion, I am not convinced your proposition (at 10% of the house value) would be compelling enough for homeowners to hand you their keys.

But in the year or so leading up to his death, there had been a number of improvements including vinyl siding, vinyl windows, water heater, finished basement, and maybe a little before that a heat pump.  

Hold until death.

That topic gets beat to death every day here on the forums, and I've concluded that sole prop + insurance is the right structure for my situation.For self management, I'm thinking of just starting a simple sole proprietor DBA bank account, i.e.

If you want to work yourself to death, then by all means 1031 at every opportunity.

The discussion over the 'death' of retail is a lengthy one.

You sound like you know some things about RI investing ;) I think we've narrowed our search to the Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Bristol areas, nothing west of the islands because of the toll bridge and tourist traffic.