Most of my cancellations were within the cancellation period and I charge a cancellation fee for my direct bookings.

Depending on how much you need to raise the rents to market, the other updates in the building that are needed, how quickly you can rent to market rents will all drive your decision.

Plus, as mentioned your risk exposure would be huge if you didn't have a contract in hand to lease, plus they won't want to lease from you, because they are a Sticky or capture tenant.Start small and Make Your Big Mistakes Early.For a minute i couldn't figure out what you where talking about, then I realized I hadn't updated my bio in 5 years.

Flippers always get frustrated waiting for the home occupant period to end on them.

As someone who has read Harry Potter, it seems the best way to get the attention of the landlord is to send a scary looking giant to their home residence with a kindly worded letter.More seriously, I was on the other side of the coin previously where my wife put the ads up under her accounts instead of mine, so I couldn't check them without getting on her phone and I was inundated with people looking to see the property (probably 50 over a 5 day period) and was trying to send semi-personalized notes to each one--and it all ended up being too much to handle and I ended up ghosting or not replying to many people after I found an applicant. 

I’ll check it out and come back here to update you on my thoughts. 

The sad part of this story is if any other taxpayer failed to update their address and a lien was sold, nobody would pay any attention to reversing that sale.

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

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Thanks for the update!