These government programs are not looking out for the interests of landlords in any form or fashion.

Both my daughter and currently my son were/are NCAA Div 1 athletes and let me tell you that is no “free ride.”

Background checks are recommended and good old fashioned Google searches can go a very long way. 

If you're local, ride by on Friday night.

I am considering listing the unimproved houses first, riding the hot market and foregoing improvements on them if there's minimal to no profit margin for the rehab, or list the remodeled one first?

Enjoy the ride!

As for me, I just love the old fashioned long-term rental. 

Just ride it out and start over with new tenants.

Some details on the multi-unit located in Glenolden (SW suburb of Philadelphia):  Old (early 1900s), 2700 sq ft, converted to 5 units with 6 separate electric panels/metersOnly 1 gas meter, 1 gas hot water heater, 1 gas furnace heat (old fashioned water radiators)Tenants on lease (month-to-month) have been there: 15 years, 11 years, 7 years, 2 years, 1 yearTenants only pay electricity; current landlord/owner pays water/sewer/trash (standard for the area); heat and hot water (only 1 gas line and hot water heater). 

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