No repairs needed, clean title.

This allows you to be nice, but still set the tone that it is her problem, and doesn't wipe out her deposit to demotivate her to clean at move out.

A smart move for any investor I thinkThe condition is clean and repairs are minimal around 5K to get it back on the market for rent.

Make sure you get a good deal with healthy profit margins under contract and then you can find a partner to flip it or a hard money lender to help fund the project.

As long as the flue is clean I don't mind them using them.

:-PI would give the cabinetry a good cleaning, lose the valances, and stick with neutrals for the countertops.Color is very personal and can easily turn off tenants.

If the tenant is a D class tenant that is undesirable and I think I want to move them out, then I am not going to show a lot of rent increases from year one to year two, because I know once I start enforcing the rules, these people are going to leave and I am going to have vacancies and have to clean up those units and bring new people in.

Other problem is the 3rd floor has electric baseboard heating which may not mater if I decide to seal it up.The 2 units are both in very clean shape, totally turn key, however the home is wired with knob and tube which would normally be totally removed.

The city is still in clean-up mode as there is much work to do.

and gave me a generous deal.I've since discovered that almost any brokerage in our area will take on new agents, without any minimum production requirements, but they'll likely attach monthly fees and take a healthy cut of your initial commissions each year.So, I guess in summary, you'll have no trouble finding a broker who will let you hang your license with them, but depending on what kind of a deal you're hoping to get, it may take a good bit of interviewing and negotiating before you find something you're happy with.