I'll bet 99% would agree with rounding up as a no brainer, effortless way to avoid unintended delays.     

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I'm personally not a fan of the mentioned tactic, and frankly it has given real estate investors in my area a bad name. 

I would also check your comps in rent say go back over the last 5 years and I would bet you are seeing over time increases to your rent in your area due to growth?

I am willing to bet that a house of that size with a Koi pond is in a fairly nice area that’s zoned residential, single-family.

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Your best bet is to find your own agent.

His name is Jode Allen and I can put you in touch if you PM me here on the site. 

Our next step is to find out if vacant or not (our realtor seems to think is occupied), offer a small $ incentive to said tenants to move out in a nice and tidy fashion as to avoid damage to the property (if not, start the eviction process), get utilities changed in our name, get title insurance (via taxtitleservices) /clear the title, then work on the rehab :). 

Hi, My name is Christopher Musselman and I am a 21 year old Real Estate student studying at the Leeds School of Business at CU.