If you adhere to these simple rules, you should be able to prudently use leverage without losing sleep, and will reap the benefits of buying more properties with the same amount of capital (more diversification to stabilize portfolio's overall operating performance, huge tax benefits).The fact is that in most areas real estate is still inexpensive by historical measures, based on ratios for rent-vs-own and buy-vs-build.

IF, big HUGE if, landlord was/is mentally incapacitated there is legal means and measures for that btu guess what, she will be a ward of someone/something.

And 36 Other Key Financial Measures (Frank Gallinelli) is a great book that I purchased many years back that's still on my bookshelf.http://www.amazon.com/Every-Estate-Investor-Financ...Also, from a general investment real estate perspective, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor (Keller/Jenks/Papasan) has always been a personal favorite.http://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Real-Estate-Inve...

This is a very nice community for the town and I consider it a B property given the competition more so than our typical class measures.  

Hi, How do I give an estimate to a seller if I can't get a contractor out within a certain timeframe and I don't have the exact measurements for certain things? 

As the saying goes, "Desperate times call for desperate measures"; and wholesalers are there to 'help out'.  

Here's an example of the 2022 KPIs I'm measuring for a few of the properties in the portfolio. 

I was thinking to go to a credit union, I’m not sure if they have less stringent qualifications.

If you have measured goals of real estate success, if you actually want to integrate into a community and help improve it, Pittsburgh is a point of pure light on the map of the USA.

They also have more stringent rules, and they can dictate who you rent it to.