Vinod Sirimalle - Another good area is the Orange Park area.

This will not stop tenants from making copies of your keys and giving them to friends or family members, but will give you a leg to stand on if you decide you want to do something about it.As for your current situation you could talk to the current tenant and ask them about it?  

Factors included would be if they could fetch a higher rental rate, if they would avoid Capex in the next 10 years, if it would make a difference with a lease option.......Appraisals use comps for SFRs and that is the standard , however, I wonder if a SFR that has been completely renovated can be truly compared with one that has not had anything done to it since it had been built originally.The issue is that perhaps they are comparing apples to oranges.  

. ::))  not advocating that at all but.. you have to deal with Asbestos's and lead paint in these day and age and that can cost an arm and a leg..

Few realtors will do the leg work for their "investor clients," there's no return for them in a sellers market...2009-2012 they were your bff.Jessica, since we are both in the same area, message me and I can elaborate on all this.

On average, barring absolute negligence, what are plaintiffs be awarded now a days for say a broken leg or so.

Food, water, shelter, natural resources, this is the 4 leg's to the table that is secured wealth.

Im originally from Valencia, i've lived in Madrid (Double MSc there, 5 years), Mallorca (1.5 y) and Barcelona (5y and counting) Although my family is from Bilbao (I've lived in Orange County, CA for a years too, but not that relevant, :P) .

People in the neighborhood laugh and probably call me the duck whisperer because a few times a week I can be found at the pond with ducks standing on my legs and all around me eating. 

People don't do the leg work they are supposed to and get burned.