Obviously this can vary greatly based on geographic location, property class, and property type, but broadly speaking, if a tenant is vacating after 3-4 years, what's a decent estimate of make ready assuming you've got to paint and replace flooring?

The house is in a vacation spot of Mass and can be rented. 4.

I bought a fantastic bank owned tear down last year when I was on vacation a couple days after Christmas.

Guys, I stumbled onto the site via a link on a vacation rental site and I'm fortunate to have followed that link here.

That is the RUB.Think about this:My tenants also bought me a vacation home, and my food, and my clothes, and my vehicles.......Sweet

The loan's strength depends on a couple ideas:  (1) the strength of the underlying tenant and terms of the agreement (2) the financial depth of the trust to capitalize debt service in the event the tenant goes delinquent or defaults (3) the capital capacity of the trust to turn the use over to a new tenant in the event the current tenant vacates for whatever reason.  

There's a long time investor named Mike Cantu who doesn't speak publicly much anymore, but he buys houses and gives each house a job, i.e. one house to pay his electric bill, another to pay for gas, another to pay for his vacations and so on.

How's that Kailua live in/vacation property treating you?

You might look at airbnb or vacation rentalbut the simplest solution is to live there a few more years as the market rent raises and can cover your mortgageThis is why it can be difficult to invest in San Diego

It's been almost 6 months since she was notified to vacate and hasn't paid a single dime.