My biggest concern is dealing with calls while I am at work.

Time to get back in the game (renewed newbie) and use this great source and expand my real estate portfolio.I have a lease expiring in July at $ 3200/month for a SFH in New Jersey ( nice high end neighborhood) and would love to keep them and thinking of when and what I should offer them as a nice incentive.

So I get an email from my maintenance guy with a photo of a large pile of garbage that was dumped on my MF property by some scumbag who was too lazy and too cheap to take it to the dump himself.This isn't the first time this has happened, but this is definitely the biggest mess.

And I saw the biggest rat of my life in one.

etc.To me, these repairs represent the biggest risk.With that said, if the risks aren't huge, time has a way of making most real estate transactions look decent.

This just seams easier than a mortgage refi although a few interest points higher.I guess my biggest question was because I am buying property 2 at close to retail numbers to sweeten the deal on property 1 am I making a newb mistake?

I’ve seen the biggest annual condo increases happen due to new developments (starter fees, then jumps to reflect actual expenses) and after major storm damage (can’t control that one.)

I assume everyone is going to pay rent (one way or another) so getting it sooner rather than later is ok but not really an incentive.

Which will cost you the least and bring the biggest return to fix to rental quality?

Since the Selling Price is the biggest variable, the lower you set your Preferred Return amount/rate, the more widely variable the overall Investor Return and the more dependent that Return is on the guesstimate of the Selling Price.