I pick up the check and change the air filter every month.  

Tell them to pick up a copy of their state landlord tenant laws.  

It's not that I might have picked the wrong 'soon-to-be-valuable' real estate... the situation was that no real estate would ever get expensive. 

The part that I am really struggling with is being able to walk through a property, see the state that it is in, and determine how much money I would need to fix it up to realize that forced appreciation.

Historically what variables determine what the minimum accepted bid will be?

and if your ever in litigation over a defect of any sort any decent Oregon lawyer will determine your not licensed and you lose pretty much hands down.further to add to frustration.. you need one for every single LLC.. and since I have 14 LLCs  my main one which is me personally has the developers license and owns 50% of each of these others..

That can mean either great CF or leave me in a place where I'm scrambling to offload a property at the bottom of a buyers market.I just wanted to pick the brains of the more seasoned veterans who have been through multiple ups and downs in the market over the years. 1.

Rising Labor Cost, increased government spending, and prolonged housing shortages are the main pressure points.Inflation is picking up and looks to increase over the next 18 monthsa mortgage rate jump from 4 to 4.5% and 60 bucks a month to a mortgagerent increases have exceeded 3% annually over the last 4 yearslow unemployment, rising house cost up 3% over the last yeari believe this is why there is such a demand for rentals now.

Rising labor costs, increased government spending, and prolonged housing shortages are the main pressure pointsinflation is picking up and looking to increase over the next 18 monthsA half percent mortgage is increased equals about $60 per month more in a mortgageRent increases have exceeded 3% annually over the last 4 yearslow unemployment, rising house costs up 3% over the last yearI believe this is why there is such a demand for rentals now.

The fact that you have the shop really shouldn't be a determining factor on your deal.