He got his broker's license when I was very young while he was in the Air Force and wanted to have it in his back pocket when he bought or sold personal properties with the hopes to become an investor.

Creating an air of confidence for your prospective tenants can be a tipping factor in them choosing you over another landlord.

When you clean most blow out the leaves with a air blower.

I'm not a fan of HOAs, the fees can be onerous.But I have benefited by getting a new roof, new siding, and a new parking lot from the HOA fees that I paid.And besides those extraordinary items they also provided grass cutting, snow removal, heat, hot water, sewer, trash removal, insurance and outside maintenance.And besides those normal fees that I would have had to provide they also provided some items that I would not ordinarily provide like swimming pools (hate the maintenance and the liability), tennis courts and club house.

A place to eat not far from the stadium would be jack and grill, featured on man vs food for the 4lb burrito.If your son watches South Park, he might want to see casa Bonita in person....Air and space museum is neat.

I am very much aware of the hot areas most buyers want to be in such as North County, Mid County, and the Tower Grove area.

The neighborhood isn't so hot but the rents are reasonable for the area.

Of the $75K in gains, some was probably due to the increased marketability of the ready-to-move-in house due to my hard work and entrepreneurial spirit, and some of that was due to the improvement in the overall market over the 6 months it took in this hot, upward market.Over that same period, the house next door sitting in the exact same condition with the same family in it has gone up from $300K to $330K, if they were to sell it.

If you want to get the best tax benefits you will buy and hold for residual income.Payroll tax delinquency is very likely the number one reason many business owners are in the hot seat with the IRS.

Honestly, its not listed at a real bargain or it probably would have moved in a hot market.I'd go in with a lowball offer...like ridiculously low, and see what happens.