Most IRA custodians will make you hire an outside property management to handle these items, as well as paying the bills.

If they plan on staying two more years, at some point you will absolutely have to raise the rents or you will be leaving way too much money on the table, and since REI is a business, you need to capture the profit available to you.Even if these tenants don't "like" the rent increase, keep in mind in order for them to find comparable housing in the same area, they will have to pay the market rent anyway - PLUS moving expenses, etc.

@Josh JustinianoThere are a number of threads on this, one of the more recent which includes my favorites is here:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/432/topics/93106-top-multifamily-investing-booksIf you enter 'apartment books' in the search box at the top on the right of this page it will bring up about 130 additional items too.Good hunting-

Mathew, I cannot see the details of the report but we had a bunch of code violations in Long Beach and one of the best things was getting the simplest items taken care of first and letting the city know.

I will put down personal items that help me remember them or maybe rule them out.

Student debt cannot be wiped out in a bankruptcy and in fact is one of the number one items lawmakers are saying could push us back into a recession as the loan amounts are staggering.The student debt you rack up had to be weighed against job demand getting out and what the starting pay and chance for advancement is.

Couple returns from trip to discover their fully paid house has been mistakenly foreclosedMel and Harriet (last names withheld) from Coconut Creek, Florida returned home after a trip up to New York and saw something alarming – their locks had been changed, the power had been turned off, and items were missing.

Unfortunately rent to own also doesn't work within my religious beliefs (it includes two transactions, namely sale and rental, concerning one item at the same time and that isn't allowed either).

Not storing boxes, files, and personal personal stuff, but power tools, hurricane panels for the duplex, extra lumber, lawn mower, ladders etc...are those "personal" items or items that helps maintain the property and thus not personal?

Bandit Signs- printed or blank all depends on your preferencesLead Capture Website- wix.com, weebly.com, weber.com, webstarts.com, gaterhost.com, godaddy.com, vistaprint.com, wordpress.com etc...I suggest building on this foundation and building a solid buyers list as you go before blowing 4 grand.