The principle here is that you keep the home tip top shape, you can charge a higher rent.

Also just on principle if it was me, a plane ticket would be in order and I would be changing the locks and informing this person that access to MY property is no longer allowed.

My partner and I purchased a property via sheriff sale sight-unseen a couple months ago.

This could just be a coincidence with the timing of the maintenance issues, or this may be one of those times where the pareto principle is in play and you need to re-evaluate the tenancy if it persists.

I lost my sight in 2006 but never lost my interest in the industry.

The banks I have worked with in the past won't go below $75,000 on the principle in a conventional mortgage.  

If you just need an open kitchen redesign with a wall removed, most CKDs can easily handle the job, but again, a renovation designer will know how and where to spend the money and when to save it for other things.If you want to create a total open floor plan with proper traffic patterns and sight lines, an architect has that training, but does he know if the improvement will get the ROI?

When I look up the property address and mailing address its the same address but under principle residence it says no.

I don't know if you can use a VA loan but if so with my loan they added the closing cost the the entire principle of the loan.

Last year I bought 12 properties in 4 different states... almost all sight unseen before consulting with my CPA.