Families are the best tenants in your area-- most stable, mature, settled and usually 2 or 3 working adults with income.KEY: Make money the day you buy.Use an investor savvy realtor that you personally like and can build a relationship with.

I've informed her that each adult occupant has to complete an application (I'm using erentpayment.com) and the SmartMove credit/background check.

That's something I really need to work on as my current guy that i have used all of my adult life is a retired guy from a big 4 who is more or less an H&R block.  

To check on the tenant and the house weekly to make sure the boyfriend didn't just move in or the adult kids just move in, and that bad things are not happening in your house or that your tenant didn't just move out in the night in the middle of winter and turn off the gas, but not the water.For my $15,000 which my IRA is looking to invest, I am going to get to know the major players in my market or any market.  

about 1 out of 10 or 20 will be in a situation where they are willing to entertain selling with LO Terms.

Are you old enough for adult community which is so much more reasonable?

Figured it could get fairly entertaining (albeit confusing) if anyone actually ever used such terminology

If a realty agent has a problem submitting a low offer, he/she is worrying too much about the other party who are consenting adults under the law and can make their own decisions and research to decline, accept, or counter the offer.

In your case I would budget for replacement, but entertain the idea of painting them.

He was asking 159,000 and would perhaps entertain owner financing.I want to stay in those areas as I will manage the properties myself and driving over 20 minutes to cut the grass or plow snow is not realistic for me.