You mentioned that you've been paying water / sewer for all 4 units. 

It should go away.If it's only them smoking and a personal issue, I would reconsider dropping this if they are otherwise good tenants.

Improve the grade if water flows toward or pools near the house.

A neat feature with xfinity (no I don’t work there 😀) is the voice remote and once you have one box you can stream the service to the rest of your TVs cutting down the cost of extra cable drops. 

ON the more risk type product we do land speculation and Land entitlements but the returns blow most any cash flow at the the same dollar amount out of the water..

Booking lead time has been dramatically dropping over the last couple of years, and people booking week of is becoming more common, especially for smaller places. 

I generally agree that buying SFH as first investment is an easy way to test the waters; however, if you’re set on REI I suggest buying a duplex or quad.

It's worth considering if rates have dropped significantly or if you're looking to pull equity for another investment.Happy to chat more about your situation!  

Whoever they are dealing with also dropped the ball and the buyers are full of something-everything was in writing and if they signed off removing the financing clause, they are on the hook to buy. 

Thank you for this post I copied it and sent it to my office to save on drop box.Myself I grew up in the land business as my Dad was in the land business starting in the mid 60s and I started in 75..