I will check for big ticket items and hope to be able to plan for capex.

Hi @Anne A.Your not alone in your desire to rid yourself of partners; oddly most of the circumstances I come across involve siblings looking to split assets.good luck and careful with the small asset investments out of your home market, hate to see you spend your profits on plane tickets should the asset require a visit...BestA

When's the flight??

Definitely check the major items (i.e. roof, electrical, plumbing, air conditioning, etc.) as these can be big ticket items.

That's the golden ticket!  

Jeff Beard,Here where I am, split-level means a house where there's a "ground" level, and THEN there are stairs usually a half-flight up to the bedrooms and bathroom(s), and a half-flight of stairs down to the family room / lower level.

They also just took away our flights and are trying to force us to completely relocate up here or quit!

Officially time for me to book some flights for @Mike Acri and myself to come celebrate in person :)

But even though you would pay somewhere between $200-$400 in monthly maintenance fees for the unit, isn't that offset somewhat by the fact that you won't be paying for big ticket repairs in the future, like a new roof (or if you do, it's spread across all the condo owners as a special assessment)?

Will definitely look into that, especially since creative investing is completely my ticket to getting my feet wet in the REI world.