Sometimes lower perceived cost of staying with the same PM trumps the desire to seek out a new PM in the eyes of the board, but not all boards act professional in a business-like manner.

I have my eye on a house for sale right next door to my rental and think this route is my best choice right now.

I don't need to ask, you're not insured and neither are your "helpers" so what happens when someone gets injured, say the mower hits a rock and puts an eye out.Have the owner contract to do stuff, you can pay him, or have two prices, one full of trash the other in marketable condition (marketable for you).I'd say it's a bad idea, a good thought to get cub appeal, but bad idea. :)

Seller and I aren't seeing eye to eye on numbers and as stated above, it's really not a deal.

Personally, I think tenants will be impressed with NEW windows, but the incremental benefit of Low-e will be very small in their eyes.

And you get the benefit of having 40 past ones to catch up on.Locate and attend 3 different local REIA club meetings great place to meet people gather resources and info.

We'll since I've found BP it has really opened my eyes and I am considering all options at this point.

Hey @Daniel Dietz - this stuff is a bit more complicated than I can offer advice on, but I'll at least bump the thread to see if we can get some more eyes on it!

There's no better way to keep an eye on your rental property than by living in it and it's a great way to learn the ropes of landlording.I'd caution you not to be too friendly with your tenant/neighbors.

Also, investors don't make very sympathetic plaintiffs in the eyes of juries.When purchasing, unless I've properly bulletproofed a deal, it doesn't make much sense to waste energy with a flakey seller.I make more money working with people are truly motivated than trying to persuade and convince people that they ought to be motivated