I admit it, I'm a lazy guy at heart and have to work hard to overcome this inclination regularly kicking myself in the pants. 

She gets very emotional with anything regarding her cat.My regular process for ants is baiting and Tarro, but they haven't taken the bait yet. 

The world is full of renters right now that would love to clean that place up for a break in the rent.  

However, you might think long and hard about having tenants in a regular single-family house that you live in yourself.

@Daniel Adema Welcome.If you read the forums regularly you will certain gain a wealth of experience that can head off some of those mistakes before they happen.

Jamey Newman I hope your investing in Hud Homes have been successful and you have been able to start, if I am not mistaken ( previous NY Realtor 2012 no longer active) the difference between a regular closing and a Hud Homes is the fact, with a Hud Home you only put 3.5% percent down as opposed with a conventional home where you put down 20% percent of the purchase price.

We do yard clean up and landscaping as well.

.- Cash flow can be huge and your return on investment sky high when 100% occupied and tenants pay regularly.- you will never have 100% occupancy or regular rent payments.- get ready for a management headache...

My titles were always clean but they won't pay those debts off which can be 20 or 30 thousand dollars!

The way the market in Austin is right now, that is really the only option for investing, because regular values are inflated to a point that they don't make sense on a dollar-for-dollar return basis unless you can add value to them somehow.