He can pretty much do everything except electrical work.

Yes, I would love to go even lower but I don't even know if the sellers will except 66,600.

I have a similar problem, except this one has a REALLY ROUGH house on it.

Also, if you have a dog and I do, no pet is allowed on the beaches in Fla. with the exception of a few.

What is it earning you except a badge of honor and piece of mind?

We have the tenants pay for all utilities, EXCEPT those that can lien against the property if not paid OR must be paid by the property owner.These usually boil down to: trash, water, sewer.

I might, under certain circumstances, allow an exceptional tenant in a mid to upper quality unit to paint one or two "accent walls", but only on a lease renewal, not at movein, and I would usually require the walls be restored at moveout.Wallpaper is a definite NO, improperly applied it can be a PITA to remove, although again in a low quality unit I might consider it.

The only exception might be if you're ordering in some "unusual"/not normally stocked at the supplier items.The right answer was from yourvirtual assistant, tax forms, proof of insurance FROM THE INSURANCE CARRIER, not from the insured.Or, you could do what I do, on the rare occassion I hire anything done: go to HD, or wherever your local spot for finding braceros is and pick them up, pay them cash at the end of the day, and tell them that if they get hurt you'll just bury them in a cornfield!

This is exactly what I am trying to do, except that I plan on doing the buy and hold strategy to start with.

You could use this to calculate an ROI except the big question is how much will it take to bring this property up to code.