Again, if the holy grail of blogs is how to get exposure, I guess at least I figured out the right question to ask :)  I am about 15 years behind the 8-ball on starting a blog, and am not really experienced as you might be able to tell.Thank you for your input and have a great weekend!

Thank you for the discussion You can always get a NEST or other thermostat which will tell you the temperature inside of your home.

And second, higher cap rates are usually just that for a reason.Cap rate is nothing more than a temperature of the market. 

If they're hiding the ball as to this aspect of investing, who knows what else they're hiding especially if they're the ones rehabbing the houses as well. 

This takes mental energy and you may skip over the optimization process if you have too many balls in the air.One at at time.Best to you

Now if they are hidden that is a whole different ball of wax.

For you to ball park the viability of renting the property and not risk negative cash flow, without me knowing the actual value of the property, you would need monthly rent to be in the range of $1800 per month.Much more information regarding the details of the property is necessary to fully assess.  

Sounds like you have got the ball rolling with the three-day notice and securing a court date. 

They really dropped the ball on this.

There are so many reasons why a Zestimate can be wrong.Just low ball an offer.