giving credit my go into a bad road depending on the type of people your tenants are as they might expect it again down the road. if they are great tenants, never bother for the small stuff and you want to keep them, I would give them a small reduction on rent to help them off set the electricity bill.

I listed a property last year where we wouldn't even bother responding to offers that wernt at least $200k over list.

He does the rehab and does not bother me for any more money to pay subcontractors, if any. 

There is a difference between a referral to someone in office where you hand it off and not bother them versus you want to partner and want them to train you up and share their knowledge and experience.

May I bother you for some strategies on how to start investing in real estate?

I would not bother with an appraisal. 1. your more accurate idea of the property value won't be actionable, and the bank will definitely get one when they go to loan. 2. why would you want to delay closing?

I can already see my local area as a comfrot zone that I dont want to be stuck in, so doing things in a virtual way and traveling wont bother me and I am a hop skip and a jump from a lot of places. 

If those rough numbers do not show a minimum $100/door I don't bother looking any farther. 

The State of NY never bothered to verify the online records for who the owner was and sent him $50K upfront for the years worth of rents.

So plenty to spread around.. not sure what the IRR was as I don't even bother to run the numbers when its that good.