There could be something there, but if she is not motivated then you first have to crack the code with her and have a solid plan of what you will do if you do.

Do you really want your tenant, whom you've screened, to have a constant turnover of new people [who he doesn't know?]

They will hide in/around baseboards, in cracks/crevices in wood floors, inside all types of furniture (box springs, cushions of chairs/couches, etc.).

Curious what other s are paying for some wallpaper removal/patch repair/crack repair and for repainting a room- ceilings, walls, trim.

They are useful for quick screening, but far less so for purchase decisions.Ray Alcorn has an article on deriving YOUR capitalization rate.

I think the *intent* is so someone is not making an 'income' from their retirement acount (save putting 10K of labor into a flip).So, can you take off the screen and take it in to be repaired or put a nail in that piece of trim that is loose?

Consider checking out HUD homes for small multi's owner occupied gets first crack.

As soon as I saw passed on that screen I jumped in joy.

They changed the rules to allow screened parking on the side of the house .

There were probably 40 cracks in the walls and ceilings, some of them incredibly wide.