This blog aims to dissect the various pros and cons of this approach, offering in-depth insights and practical considerations to help property managers make well-informed and strategic decisions on this matter, ultimately ensuring the smooth and efficient maintenance of their rental properties.Pros of Allowing Tenant Maintenance:Cost Savings: Empowering tenants with minor maintenance tasks can save landlords money and create a more responsible community, improving property value and tenant satisfaction.

Having an open line of credit like that can be very useful for smoothing over short term cash flow constraints.There is nothing inherently more risky in the use of a HELOC than any other variable rate credit line.

So far, he's been a smooth tenant other than being late on rent a few times.

Regarding permits- expect 1-2 months,if everything goes smooth, to get through the review process and sometimes much longer than that.

Work with your realtor, and their resources to get it taken care of as smoothly as possible, and try to stay out of court and away from attorneys. 

The transaction was very smooth, and a good first experience, especially since it was my first time navigating the process of purchasing a home.

Our firm has done many deals in the past with our own capital however we are now looking at taking down multifamily deals with limited partners for the first time, especially as our portfolio is pretty illiquid at the moment.I myself as executive officer am doing everything I possibly can to make sure I learn about every nuance of the syndication process to make sure things go smoothly before even thinking about submitting any LOIs.

it is just not possible to find a property on Zillow that looks nice, buy it, and expect things to go smoothly and for you to cash flow that $300 a month that Brandon Turner promised us back in 2016.for a really thoughtful thread on this exact topic, see this:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...i'd also encourage you to house hack in CA. 

Being a contractor made the construction go very smoothly however the fees were ridiculous. 

Again house is on a slab so was smooth concrete where affected flooring was removed.