What do you guys do or recommend that you've had success?

Aside from me finding out how much he can afford monthly, is there anything else I should do, or find out?

I was over there finishing work on the lower units bathroom and he showed up and asked for the keys because he was concerned his couch cannot fit in the upper unit due to it having an "illegal" door.

If you fail to show a sufficient income similar to other businesses in the industry, the failure rate increases......why, because if you are a mechanic opening a repair shop and after three years you are not making more than any other mechanic working at other shops in the area, why are you doing it, why be in business, right or wrong, it is assumed you'll be doing what is most profitable for you, and you may just shut the doors and go get a job.

We made sure our property manager has no problem with us coming down to inspect and fix what we can, so we just took a weekend, drove down, inspected and fixed a lot of minor problems that tenants just don't report, like the seam in the vinyl floor starting to separate, outside column & door frame needing sanding & paint before rot sets in, etc.

That generally costs us about $10-12 per square foot, or about $15-18K for a typical house we do.On top of that, we'll often paint the exteriors (after doing any necessary siding repairs), replace exterior doors, replace bad windows, reroof if necessary, replace hvac if necessary, ensure any decks are safe/secure/usuable, etc.

One of my next door neighbors passed away a while back.

Originally posted by Ibrahim S:.... 7 bedrooms in an upscale neighborhood, particularly if it has at least 3-4 bedrooms is money in the bank, sold or rented. ...I assume you meant that emboldened instance of "bedrooms" to read "bathrooms", correct me if I'm wrong ...

Is there mileage book keeping I would need to do or what other ways could you proved proof?

Chris,From what it looks like the 2nd floor bathroom under the floor pipe burst (80's copper yeah!)