A few homes went for a lot more then I would pay for home I couldn’t enter. 

The way I want to do bookkeeping for those properties I use property managers are by entering the transactions happening within the property management companies (PM) to an account called, "Funds Held By PM."

Sounds like with the city opening up she has no legal grounds to prevent you from entering the property. 

It is sooo much information out here and I know I have come no where near one-fourth of the knowledge I need to have to enter into this game.

Also, if we did want to move into a primary residence to build equity in an area we like within the next 3-5 years, our concern is that a bank would view the debt to income ratio as unfavorable 2) Buying a SFR in the rapidly appreciating area we enjoy here in AZ, rent it out for a few years to build some equity, and then move inOur thought here is at least our cash would be 'working' for us while we still had virtually no living expenses in our rental3) Buy a SFR in the area while applying our unique version of the BRRRR method due to our circumstancesIf we closed on a property that needed a bit of work, rehabbed it lightly, and refinanced, we're not sure if it would make more sense to rent it out after that, or just move out of our current lease and enter the property.

County that entered escrow in the four weeks that ended June 7 was 28% higher than the low point at the end of April but still 32% below a year earlier.San Fernando Valley Home Sales Update.

Thanks for the thoughtful answer but "curb appeal" really doesn't enter into this one!

@Jill F.Thanks JillI know for sure a tenant can bring in bed bugs but was not too sure about mice/rats, hence the post.As of now it's just a speculation a mice or rat may have entered,because we observed a torn bag of flour which was kept outside the apartment.

Wasn't thinking of moving at the time.So while my roommates lived above me I was happy to come down to my own space and only needing to go up to use the kitchen, enter or leave the house or have social encounters with them.

The PM at first did not have much work to do with the previous tenant because he was stable....that last about 2 years.Here is what it says exactly about maintenance:"Owner hereby authorizes the Manager to approve all work orders that are under $200, anything above said amount will require approval of the Owner within a 72 hour period after notice (entered into the system).