I will also have a "tenant" file, which will have subfolders for each household group, containing copy of their rental docs and any letters sent to them over the course of their tenancy.

Median sales price is in the $240k area, with average homes for 1% under ask in 18 days and hot homes moving 2% over ask in 5 days.

Once you give in to finishing the basement what will they want next a hot tub? 

It should be closer to 30%.I would like this Park closer to 1.3M but if the market is extremely hot or it comes with extra land then it could make sense.Any major capital improvements needed?

So in order to attract international "hot money", they need to make it interesting for investors.

IE missed the publication times, and notification requirements.When we were hot and heavy in this bizz we would buy 200 plus properties a year and before you get excited we were buying properties for 200 dollars to 5kEach title company had their own requirements for title insurance.

My personal feeling is that "urban sprawl" in Cinicinnati has made Mason/West Chester/Liberty township quite the hot spots.  

I have heard of some hot spots in certain areas in Texas that may be worth checking into.    

We plan to either hold as a rental or sell to buy a primary + investment property.Questions:1) Would I need to have the title in my personal name so that I can refinance it based on our household W-2s and credit history?

I think that painting it Neon yellow to fix your problem was a brilliant idea.Hi, yeah, thanks for the vote of confidence, I would have painted it hot pink with yellow polka dots but I time was of the essence and I went with the closest color that would go over the beige color of the house before I painted it, soooo the whole cost effective aspect thing was on my mind ;) however I did raise the  rent from the $600 to $800 which gave me an extra $2,400 dollars a year which paid for the new toilet ($70.00) and then some, I add a $50 yearly increase to my Sect 8 rental leases, this way the case worker who one must contact in order to implement an increase can reference the agreement and approve the $50.00 a month fee, in my experience the case workers don't like to give any rent increases if they are not in the original lease, a definite way to avoid a long drawn out battle of climbing the chain of command who really couldn't care less if you are the best landlord (not a slum lord) and discourage anyone who asks for an increase by forgotten return phone calls to outright indignant behavior, lies and so forth, Happy trails Brother