For those that may not know, the fenestration business is simply know as the window/door market.

I bought a duplex with FHA about 6 months ago, I put $10k and my sweaty labor into it in renovations.The place is simply way to small for me, It is 1bd 1 bath on my side and 2bd 1 bath on the other(I rented out that side)I found a much bigger duplex I really would love to purchase, so I had my realtor look at my current duplex after the RENO to see if she thought I could get an appraisal and refinance over to conventional.

The investor I work for no longer wants to become an employing broker so I can hang it with him due to fees, required continuing education and the fact we simply can operate without.

If you care about your investment simply choose not to rent to anyone that does not meet your requirements.

.$2k earned in rentContinue to pay down the ATX duplexes, hopefully continue to earn appreciation on their large home values and simply refinance every time we have $120k+ in equity and use to buy $100k single family home in full in a better market.

Do you simply ask, create a presentation and offer them insight to what they would gain.

With that said, I would still proceed with caution when underwriting, analyzing and projecting returns, but, don't simply buy into everyones thought that the market is doomed, just because that's what everyone is saying.Credit is definitely tightening a bit, meaning less loan proceeds than a few years ago, but banks are still lending with historically favorable terms.

But then an employee gives me a time sheet and I enter in the hours. 

If they do not pay you will be forced to evict assuming your state regulations allow evictions based on utilities owed.Your best option is to simply raise the rent to cover the anticipated cost, plus some, and hope for the best.

This tenant needs to go now and you should not even be considering a voluntary monthly loss to extend the inevitable.This is not harsh it is simply business.