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He earned quick money as a wholesaler, and I have a house to keep)Rehab cost: $20k (vinyl floor, interior paint, new dual pane windows, new toilets and bathroom vanities, lights, new landscape, new AC condenser, all done by handyman, spent some extra money for minor plumbing and electric jobs, hydro jet sewer lines, clean up attic (had mice), added some insulationTime spent: 3 weeks (two handymen for the first two weeks, one for the last week)Value after repair: probably around $440kJobs still need to be done later: some dryrots, roof work (it's tile roof, roof doctor quoted me $9k, handyman said probably $5k, home inspector said $15k you can get a new shingle roof.

Discrepancies typically are wifi passwords and smart lock codes but they can be anything, like checkout instructions or the color of the house.

. :)A claim like that is crazy...I personally think the fees that you signed up for is on the high side.You can view a couple a couple of posts on this message board about people signing up with 1800 accountant and then wanting to move on to another accountant.The thing with firms like 1800 accountant is that you will likely be with one accountant one year and then another accountant the next year because they have a high turnover.The issue with this is that you may have to re-explain your situation on an annual basis.Best of luck.

I recommend hiring a Bookkeeper who is Independent of the PM and knows what they are doing because if they PM is doing weird things they can catch it and have no care if you fire that PM. 

They really do stand out in a neighborhood plus I doubt you could get permits to build in a established area.Much easy to build on a larger plot of land in the boonies, which is where I see most of these.In the end, once you get them looking nice, you could have done a stick built house or even a log cabin if you can harvest materials on your land for about the same or less.

I’m Karena, based in Danbury, Connecticut, and excited to officially join the Bigger Pockets community after lurking for a couple of months, soaking up all the knowledge I can!

I can provide more info once I see where the place is located to get a feel for the area.

If you can do more with the money from the refi --- seems like a no brainer?

As far as fake references, you can tell in about 10 secs if you're talking to a legit landlord or not.