Why am I excited about properties that it seems the most experienced of you would avoid?

They will likely not want to pay the full rental price a month before they move in.I would still do the application process and checks , the only differences would be not meeting them in person and there would have to be something to make holding for them work in my favor as well.Any thoughts about how to make this work or if I should avoid it all togeather?

Often those are set up to hide a sale/transfer in order to avoid a property reassessment and/or the lender exercising the due on sale clause.

In my market Buyers who are upgrading are more receptive to a staged home.Investors who are looking for rentals tend to see the other aspects (ease of maintenance etc.)Marie,What cities do you primarily concentrate on in the Central valley?

Your inventory will be sitting on the market a while, but it'll sell eventually.If you want to get into units, stay in Pittsfield and avoid the bad areas.

I do not want to waste time making mistakes a wise adviser and advocate can help me avoid.

I read about the mistakes people made and tried to avoid them.

As someone who makes offers primarily over the phone I'm taking a hard look at docusign.com to email my documents and have them signed electronically. echosign.com is another popular alternative.The good side is it avoids messy faxing back and forth; the downside is it requires basic computer literacy which may be unworkable with a segment of the population.

We lived in each house two years to avoid capital gains.

The seller mentioned that he has installed a new Central A/C unit 1 1/2 years ago.