; ) Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit.

I have long held the belief that we as landlords have the opportunity to do good for humanity and good for our community. 

While appraisers shouldn’t take too much into account about how clean and pleasant the tenant is, as noted above, everyone is human and such impressions can make a difference.

Most auction companies if the house is occuppied will tell you your not allowed to approach the homeowner.I violate this everytime.. set max bid and semi stick with it though.. but one trick is its human nature to stop at round numbers IE I will bid to 205k and thats it..

It would not take much of an innocent human error (overlooking some roffing/plumbing/electric problem) to eat that up quick.Taking appreciation out of the equation (cause that is educated speculatiin and I do not know your market), I dont thinking tying up the down payment is worth it.

There will be time for you to make a reasoned judgment about this later.I know what a decent human being feels upon receiving an inheritance, however small or large.

Then I have to go to the Secretary of State website to enter the entity name and see if I can find the name of the actual owner (human) who owns the LLC and then cross-check the mailing address provided by the Title Search report to see if it's a residence and if it's the residency of this person.It's not only highly inefficient and not scalable but also highly inaccurate. 

Realize, too, that fix and flippers tend to have cheap sources for this sort of thing and would not pay anywhere near what a homeowner would pay a kitchen fixing company.Your best bet may be to donate the cabinets and appliances to Habitat for Humanity.

After that, I kept my expenses lower than my income, reduced my workload to human levels, took many small trips, several large trips and cared for my grandparents until their passing. 

The paperwork I had to fill out to sell my house in 2015 was three times as long as the rental agreement I signed that year.As food for thought on how landlords might be impacted eventually by the trends today, think about artificial intelligence replacing humans.