It points directly to conflicts of interest and non-aligned incentives that owners and PM's always potentially have (particularly those PMs running in-house maintenance operations from which they extract profit directly tied to the amount of usage).You did qualify that by saying they're doing the same with their own units, and I can relate to the idea of trying to push your building into a higher rental tier, which will likely involve removing your lower-tier tenants who likely wouldn't qualify at the higher tier.

So, if you choose to disclose your license I would make it clear you are not acting as a licensee.These same remarks would also apply to other real estate related professionals, like attorney, escrow, CPA, etc.

Romney has a real problem connecting with voters, he is preceived as the top of the 1% who can't relate.

Originally posted by Joel Owens:I like upping the rents slightly so that you get the increase but are still below market.

Joel posted this on another thread and I wanted to ask for his rationale without derailing the...

I'd first observe that your post doesn't say how their rent relates to their income.

I have some long computes so I pop in a business related audio book or Pat Flynn - Smart Passive Income.Thanks for your list of podcasts - I'll check them out.

If I were you, the first thing I would do is draw up a few questions that you need answered in order to get an idea on to best serve his investment needs, or ask in person if you have an opportunity.What are his investment objectives?

Ultimately, assuming you were planning to paint and replace the flooring anyway, you're going to be paying for the following extra stuff related to remediating the mold:- Remove any sheetrock that got wet- Remediate the mold behind the sheetrock- Perform air quality test(s)- Replace the sheetrockRemoving the sheetrock from the entire 2000 sf house probably wouldn't cost more than $3000.

All my partnerships have been project specific, and relating to a project that has a pretty well-defined end time (like a rehab/flip).

Mike Nelson looks like your thread got hijacked by a bunch of non-related stuff.