I mean if the inspector can inspect from the street & they have some sort of rock bottom rebuild amount they cover me for during that 30 day risk window until a more thorough inspection could be performed... maybe something like that. 

- Any Home Owner performing work for which a building permit is required shall be exempt from the licensing provisions of 780 CMR; (Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Building Code) provided that if a Home Owner engages a person(s) for hire to do such work, that such Home Owner shall act as supervisor.

It's not like the lot will perform immediately, so I don't think it's correct to value it as if it would.  

I would recommend asking your PM to perform a market analysis to compare how your property stacks up to others in the area.

When an IRA that uses a non-recourse loan invests in real estate, it will trigger unrelated debt financed income; as a result, it may be best to perform such transaction under a solo 401k plan because a solo 401k generally is not subject to UDFI. 

Since they own (probably filing jointly so it's just one tax payer ID anyway) the lake property in their names they would be the ones selling, performing the 1031, and then buying in the same name (or in legal parlance, as the same taxpayer).

That's call Non-Performance - - seek legal assistance immediately.

I too agree with everyone else, I never let any tenant perform repairs.

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I have the rent roll, the expenses, and how the property has performed for the last 2 years.