Flight leaves back to Cali tonight, and I have no other applicants or showings lined up, and an empty unit.

For the minor items, both companies I used had their own salaried handyman for basic fixes, and then used their network of vendors for higher ticket items.

You can't do any of that virtually and you can't send your mother in to do it all if she does not have experience and due to safety concerns.Photographs and aggressive negotiation is not a business strategy, it's a one-way ticket to losing money deal after deal.

That's my frustration with a property that is already rented and operational...I can't imagine trying to do the same thing on a rehab project when the place is out of sight without a flight. 

I would not want my home under the flight path of an active runway!

my loto tickets say otherwise....

My only hope is that the long term vs short term battle doesn’t ruin whole economies before that happens.South Lake Tahoe is now home of the $2,000 parking ticket for STRs.

Over time, the amount you spend each year will change, so it is best to overestimate in order to have a savings cushion when big ticket repairs occur. 

You have to find the ones that need some bigger ticket items like roofs, hvacs, maybe even foundation.

Then go on walkabout through some of the white-flight communities in the north of the city and see how many hoods are showing.The ESL issues in Pittsburgh are legendary.