We didn't have to deal with the body or anything - but we did have to ultimately dispose of his estate assets because he had no relatives.

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Ultimately if you are just taking the entry cap and adding .5 to it that is no truly conservative and is just a guess.

I actually had a tenant who was elderly and without a car who paid my increase in rent before ultimately leaving at which point she paid the penalty to break the lease and leave.

This info is just aggregated from list brokers and ultimately city, county and credit reporting agencies.

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I have found that investment properties in the area are having bidding wars that ultimately raise the price past the value of the damaged properties.

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I think you also need to decide what your ultimate goals are... if it's to build a cash flowing portfolio of 5-20 units to build equity and cashflow for retirement, investing close to home and doing your own management makes sense.