Get a cheap one.Get a sanding block before you get a random orbital sander or a finish sander or a mouse sander.Cold chiselStanley 12 3/4 in.

They're great as a command center where I store my tools and random stuff I need to service the property.

Imagining it’s going to be a neglected rental with some bean counting company doesn’t make you feel the house you lived in for however many years and took care of will be left in good hands...It’s one thing if someone takes out the garden and plants a tree but if you installed and maintained fixture after fixture, kept that place nice and tidy, the last thing you want is to imagine a bunch of random people running around and letting things around you rot to ****.

Once the PM went over to check on the property, she had "sub-let" the place to random people and we were forced to kick them out.

Even if you were to come up with statistically the best answer, with only two properties your results are going to be so random that it will not make a difference.

I don't need to jump into a units at random --- don't want to surprise tenants!

I do get qualified tenants with very similar standards (600, 3x, good references) but I meet a lot of random people before finally finding someone that qualifies.

The arched windows with the complicated panes on a little place like that -- the builder seems to have had some random architectural leanings.

If it seems random to them they will think your trying to drive them out or discriminating.Let them know well in advance that you will be adjusting your rental rates.

Third, just because random "couple who are successful in RE" said to do ABC doesn't mean you have to deviate from your desired plan to do XYZ.