The apt manager told them they would have to leave until they could repair the water damage, and offered to reimburse them $120 per night, for a hotel room for the first 2 nights.

This leaves us with quite the conundrum in our investing goals.

For each trip you can just click start when you leave, hit stop when you arrive and leave a little note with any pertinent information.

And then you'll be held to that.But again, it sounds like you're new to this, which means you're probably not ready to deal with all the aspects of selling a house (dealing with agents/buyers/showings, negotiation, contracts, coordinating inspections/appraisals, dealing with closings, etc), and you certainly don't want to leave this all up to the buyer's agent.So, find a great listing agent to handle all this for you...

WhileI don't know this, I would think the few brokers on BP wouldn't skin you alive working with them, guys like Marc Faulkner, Loc R., Will Barnard, Dion DePaoli or others, so I'd suggest you guys interested in getting involved pick the brains of those mentioned, you can alway ask me as well, but remember, I'm retired and not doing partnership deals, LOL.

Thank you, its 3100 sq. ft. 2 1/2 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms, id rather not put price i do not want this to seem as a solicitation, im new in this community, thank you for the compliments, i put some real effort into this one.Jenkins RamonThank you, and i am leaving the basement as is.

If the investor signs a purchase agreement with the seller, where does that leave you?

You'll probably be better off when you state what you expect and give clear instructions rather than leave it open ended.

All lower-end low-income rental market.While they are easy and quick to replace, I am wondering now if it's worth investing some more money in other types, like aluminum (at 5-10 times the cost) or, what I've read here, faux-wood.If you use vinyl, do you replace every damaged one for a new tenant or do you leave some minor damages in there?

If you leave it in place for 6 months or a year it is up to you.