Hello, I recently graduated and jump on the first decent job that was offered which lead me to the great state of Alaska.

Knowing nothing about your market, if you have done a good job screening and lacing your new tenants, the market clearly supports rents at the $700 price level - now it's time to get a plan in place to get the rest of the occupants up to this level.Consider making a plan for getting the rents to market level over the course of six months or a year - whatever time period best suits your risk tolerance and go for it.  

I tell them I frequently have same-day check-ins (which is true) and that's the most I can give while still allowing my cleaners to do their job.  

I was thinking about doing a DIY patch job but concerned about the look.

I work a FT sales job (travel to the west coast often for work), got my IL RE license last summer, and want to buy my first investment property in the NW suburbs of Chicago SOON.

It's our job as investors to show both sides of things.

I have had a tenant in place for almost a year who looked like a bad renter on paper (low credit score, fluctuating income, criminal history, etc) but she turned out to be the dream tenant.

If not try out of state. 10k will take some time but until then keep the day job and don’t do anything crazy.

@Kevin Snow  Good job - and WELCOME!

Planning on doing a massive plumbing, electrical, and remodeling job for a 2 story mixed use building my family owns.