Does anyone have a company they use and can recommend for a similar situation.2 units just need cleaning and painting, the 3rd unit needs drywall and the kitchen replaced.Thank you for any advice.

I ask these 2 questions just to see if there is more negotiating power.

Then I start pointing out the dripping this and the disgusting that, the funky smell over there and whatever that is in the corner over there and he eventually comes around to my way of thinking.He was convinced that we could just clean the bathtub and tile.  

I got inspired to become a real estate investor after reading a book from a powerful man in history.

Kick them out, clean up the place, and get a new tenant.  

just get out there and do it. learn as you go. start small if that makes you feel better, but just do it. i see no benefit in getting you real estate license. most deals found are not even listed. it wouldn't hurt, but it is not necessary either. buy one house to rent as a vacation rental. since you live so close to it, i would do the clean up details yourself and save the money. if it works well for you, do another one. it gets easier and easier each time because you learned the do's and dont's from the last one. you just need to get started

Reviving an old post here, but I'm cleaning up a 1000-address driving for dollars list and I'd like to know what to do with the "nixies" when they come.

I know HOA's have a lot of power on choosing what they enforce and let pass, as well as what rules they adopt, but it still makes me uneasy, as I could and up sitting on a house that I have to sell with high transaction costs if they adopt such a ban or cap.

Great clean and clear concise goals!

It's rather pointless trying to lead the blind if you are not a visionary (sorry).Until a property has a principal or someone with standing (capacity, powers and authority) to sell, encumber or oasis marketable title, it's pointless to plan too far ahead.