My research says I could go higher on rent and still not be at the area top for the quality of the unit, plus it includes W/D and alarm system with monitoring.

I think you want a property manager that focuses on rental not sales (which may be what you had with a broker).Each market is so unique and situation depends on the facts and circumstances.

Transparency and having a seamless and established system of contracting and closing are key to making the agent feel comfortable working with you.

My primary residence was just on the "cusp" of this change and I decided to have the entire system replaced.

In some cases that was organizing business systems, and in other cases, helping to provide them strategic and planning advice.

The borrowers called us days after we bought it and over time we negotiated a DIL, sold the house and made 300% returns (even more if you annualized it).Anyone here who's been buying these junk assets probably has some crazy stories of borrowers lost in the system who were happy that someone (you) has their **** together and can help them.

San Francisco is definitely a very unique market.  

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It is condemned and the city wants me to add pull stations and a sprinkler system in order to keep it a four unit.

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