And if the drunk students choose to ride the bus, our municipality now awards $50 'vomit tickets' including clean-up chores.And as for the rich parents who bought their children houses to live in and can't sell at inflated profits, I wish them all the 'joy' I have experienced as a student landlord.

Even last minute commercial flight pricing would be more cost effective than your drive time.

This will lay out big-ticket issues they anticipate, potential costs and how they will pay for it. -- How many times have dues increased in recent years?

So, a reasonable expectation might be taxes, insurance, a month's vacancy, half a month's rent to fill the vacancy, and some amount of maintenance.Big ticket items, like furnances, roofs, and sewer lines, do need to be replaced periodically.

If you are young, smart, and determined, and you can buy it for the right price it may be a ticket to get you started.

I've asked my local bank about this and they said it was fine, as the deposit ticket is scanned and I get a copy a day after it's done via my online banking.

Over $7k cash in my pocket every year is a pretty good return in my book.As for common expenses that come up with rentals, well, every big ticket item is literally brand new installed August of this year (water heater, furnace, A/C, appliances, etc).

Nothing says serious like having a crappy conversation on Tuesday night and showing up the next day at 11am with a 2 hour plane flight.  

They give you free tickets to the first meeting.  

However as a thank you for helping us to keep our operating costs down, we would like to offer a (insert carrot on stick) to anyone who signs a new lease.Carrot options:Building Wi-Fi Small rent creditExtension on lease term at same rateNew medicine cabinets you were going to put in anywaysMovie tickets/Ball game ticketsGas gift card etcJust some thoughts and good luck!