In effect, anyone who owns a home or wishes to own a home has control over you and your ability to invest.Hence my comment about self-imposed rules. 

The best way to determine the true value of a property is to look at the last few sales of properties that are in good condition that are similar in age, size, and style.

What is your ability to get funding at this time? 

You have to determine what works best to help you achieve your goals

I wanted to make everyone here aware of a bill scheduled to go before the New Hampshire House of Representatives this month.

@Thomas Smith, you might have the ability to use it again now. 

Many leases don't allow guests longer than 14 days or pets.Normally, I would ask the resident how the window broke but this resident has no respect for you or their agreement with you; so, I would fix the window, send them a bill, enforce the lease, send notice to remove the residents and pets that are not on the lease, and evict at the next non-compliance.

free, no charge lawyers to tenants to fight evictions with an ability to make the eviction disappear as a sealed judgement. 

Still, and even more importantly, location of the property, competitive pricing, applicant pool, etc, these will all play into your ability to get the place rented.Since it sounds like your situation was one where you're acquiring a new property, Grace has the right idea with 2-4 weeks ahead of time (but I'd even still say give yourself as much time as possible because applicants may fall through; ex. someone backs out after going through the screening process and showing intent on signing, but never does, generally you want to know that information well enough in advance that you can still not find yourself in a pinch.

It’s like any other investment, it all reverts back to future income, appreciation, tax benefits and ability to leverage.