Tenants are extremely hard on appliances, it is not uncommon.Landlord Responsibilities: Landlord will at all times during the tenancy keep the premises fit for human habitation, and shall in particular:a.Cultivate, care for and mow surrounding grass, lawn, flowers, and shrubberyb.Maintain the premises to substantially comply with any applicable code, statue, ordinance, or regulation governing the premisec.Maintain the roof, floors, walls, foundations, and all other structural components in reasonable good repair as to be usable and capable of resisting normal loadsd.Keep any shared or common areas reasonable clean, sanitary, and safe from defects increasing the hazards of fire or accidente.Provide a reasonable program for the control of infestation by insects, rodents, and other pests at move in f.Except where the condition is attributable to normal wear and tear, make repairs and arrangements necessary to put and keep the premises in as good condition as at move ing.Provide reasonably adequate locks and provide keys to the tenanth.Maintain all electrical, plumbing (main lines), heating, and other facilities and appliances supplied by Landlord in reasonably good working orderi.Maintain the unit in reasonably weather tight conditionj.Provide facilities adequate to supply heat and water and hot water as reasonably required by the tenant

You cannot take a flat 50% discount because of the current vacancy.If 10% is normal V/C then you'd want to value it as if 40% were leased at market and add the 50% that is not. 

I don't cashflow in my owner occupied duplex... but I just about break even giving me extra money that I would normally be paying in either rent or my full mortgage.

I like this one for several reasons ... first, you can normally get a bigger discount buying all cash, Second, it matches the leverage against the risk profile, meaning that you are unleveraged in the beginning when you are learning and there are a lot of uncertainties with a distressed, unrented property, you then reduce this uncertainties with the 1st 3 R's before you leverage up.

After the war economies boomed and the world settled back into its normal patterns.

Normally we already have a tight schedule, so if something pops up, we usually do overtime to meet schedules, but we include that in pricing.  

Sometimes we just want to hear it from other people that its ok if your not putting every last dollar to some type of debt that will increase your credit score when you are also trying to save for reserves and pay your normal bills monthly besides living.  

However, I know that somewhere out there in the real estate world, there is opportunity to get my foot in the door.

Hello all,I have found a house in my market that I would like to buy, but the price is a little steep.The bad: Seller is asking 225 per square foot for an 1100 sqft home (250k total).

I think you'll be better off waiting for your normal guy, than trying to get a new, also busy guy, fit you into their schedule.