For instance, find a comparable property listed at a higher value and schedule a preview/attend an open house to see what kind of upgrades are included to warrant the higher price.

You need to get on your lawyer first AM Monday and see if he can get a extension on closing to allow you to address these issues....estoppal, LMR and a copy of the lease.Going forward: In Ontario you may not increase your tenants rents beyond the allowable amount annually.

Luckily, in this instance, it doesn't kill the deal--but it had the potential to do so, and it took me by surprise. 

Sort of like linkedIn, they could have their real estate 'resume' on their profile and could give out their bp extension for networking etc...Josh is this doable?

it is possible...for instance, the bank that i work for offers kinda a supped up online banking that allows you to set-up ach. this would allow you to directly debit the customers account autimatically. there is no way for the customer to access your acct since u are the one doing the debiting.check with your bank's business banker.

But the calculation gives me a rough benchmark of when to sell (finding another deal comparable to this one, for instance).

We examined this issue extensively and decided that it wasn't something that could be implemented in a manner that would have any value.That said, you can quickly and easily see all forum posts from any user by going to:http://www.biggerpockets.com/posts/user/USERNAMEMost power users of the site typically keep an eye on their dashboard forum feed to see those topics that have come up of interest to them, or if interested in a particular user, go to the page with all their posts.That all said, if the brain trust here has some kind of solution to the forum issue I described above, I'm more than happy to listen.Thanks for the post -- I tried to answer as best I could.

They always talk like this, seeing the potential downside... but hey that's why I call them.This discussion rapidly moved away from the request for more details as they became available and on to the other idea of combining resources to assist some organization ..say umm for instance..some worthy cause... like a group that helps other people.. without asking anything in return.. could even be a website.. hey what about Bigger Pockets!

This one will easily be the most extensive rehab I've done, but it's a simple 1 story ranch design so it'll be a quick rehab.Tim

You don't have to do very extensive sites like Mark mentioned at all.Here is a killer strategy!