The inspections also help keep the tenants in line and lets them know if they need to make improvements as far as cleaning etc.

And that assumes you're cleaning up the landscape - er, concrete - and all utilities are billed back to tenants, there's no pest control, and no trash expense. 

Going below that will only lower the quality of you applicants.

The order of quality of loans is (in most cases with some exceptions) VA is better than Conventional - is better than FHA.  

Your rehab needs to be of high quality in order to sell at a good price.

He is also on month to month lease, should I attempt to raise rent or should I stick with the blessing of having a quality tennant?

I too believe it is getting harder and harder to find the people you really need to consistently get the results you need to keep losses down in small-scale fix-and-flip and buy-and-hold operations like ours.Joe, I too have noticed the almost total lack of forum postings on how the non-self-managed are able to get actual quality work done instead of the illusion of it.

Hi all,I'm looking for a trustworthy/reliable person who can help me clean up/remove junk and do minor handy man fixes on one property in Marietta. 

Home improvements make sense if your neighbors have significantly higher quality features in their homes.

E.g. if my property manager would charge one month's rent in order to find a new tenant, in addition to the lost rent while the unit sits empty plus the turnover costs (painting, carpet cleaning, etc), shouldn't vacancy rates be padded even further?