The activities of wife with respect to the rental properties included, among other things, cleaning common areas, collecting coins from washing machines, performing repairs at the properties, communicating with tenants, collecting and depositing rent, maintaining insurance policies, purchasing materials for the properties, as needed, paying bills and keeping books and records for tax accounting purposes.

@Michael Bettencourt Golf View Management, Richard Stewart is efficient and a good communicator.

If there was no communication (written letter, email or text messages) from your tenant ending the lease, the 30 days should start when you were first notified of the tenant moving (on the 5th?).

Try to find some properties priced under value, and do some repairs to force appreciation and then cash out refinance that property to recoup most or all of your costs.

I feel like a lot of the struggles with renters and property managers stem from lack of good communication from the get-go.

Like what David Greene said, I'm going to pay a bonus if job is completed early, and impose penalties if job is not completed by deadlineI personally don't use this idea anymore my contactors, but we have good communications and have established great rapport over the years.

Additionally, it's good to see if there's a way you can add value--say that you want a wholesaling mentor; maybe you'd offer to help them send mailers, to assist them in communicating with potential buyers/sellers, etc.

Would it make more sense to try to sell them to investors either one by one or all together?

Bad communication.

Managing and working on a property for a few years will teach you a lot more than all those underwater basket weaving and interpersonal communication classes will anyway lol.Anyway hope that helps, and again, good luck!