If you do re-sign this tenant with the $200 as part of the terms of the lease - this will be reflected as a loss of $200 per income each month when fully repaid on your books.

What I'm doing instead is learning as much as I can through books and podcasts, and starting to evaluate deals on my own.

Here are mine:Texture walls and paint with semi-gloss ( I standardize on two colors) to make it easy to clean and touch up.Use ball valves everywhere for plumbing.  

For leases, use your standard lease and just adjust the parts that apply so it works for a garage storage unit.

besides standard this is what I want: - Tenants actions (previous bad experiences)- FoundationMy current policy doesn't cover any of them, the foundation is the most vital part of a house and I am surprised they don't cover it.

Books, seminars, etc.) that they have read or tested?

In the mean time though, I've been immersing all of my free-time in real estate information like the BP podcasts, books, forums, networking events, etc. and looking at deals in the market so I won't necessarily be a complete novice.

I can also send you links of my personal properties so you can see my VRBO listings with pictures and current bookings, prices and occupancy for yourself.

It is like reading a text book on how to paint.

Look for my up coming book on how to identify flops and my 20k seminars on buying flops not flips.