I was surprised, she wasn't in that bad of health.  

The key is to know what type of person you are dealing with, across the table.If they are relationship oriented, then see if you can bend a little when (the inevitable) dispute(s) arise.If they are transaction oriented, don't be surprised if they "want it all, and want it all - NOW!"

Without knowing your specific situation, I cannot render appropriate advice, but speaking generally, if you are carrying credit card debt or have no emergency fund, you may consider applying some or all of these funds to one of those areas.Hope this helps.Ed

And the $7k/mo isn't a surprise with what we were paying for my mom (anyone reading this - if you don't have Long Term care setup you really should consider it for that very reason!)

You as property owner are the landlord. service should be listed as you as emergency contact for power, you would be notified if power would be shut off and at that point service is reverted to owner. lapse between tenants would be billed to you.. you send in start / stop  order to power company for your tenants, and the unit is never threatened to not have service. 

This is why the census uses metropolitan statistical areas start off at 100K.At 200K these markets have already made the transition and are dealing with urban problems rather than zoning and mindset problems of preserving a small town feel while transitioning into urban density.So "emerging" will look very different in each of these city sizes.  

That said, I still analyze and make sure each of my deals (...in Fort Wayne) work using the 50% rule even though I know they'll perform better than this.Always better to be pleasantly surprised than sorely disappointed.

Hi folks - ran across this Bloomberg article on LinkedIn this morning. https://goo.gl/VW2JFF Not such a surprise to this crowd I'm sure.

I am surprised reading this and other threads that agents provide re-hab costs.  

I am sometimes surprised where I get referrals - it is often from the most unlikely people.And yes feel free to message me.Steve