A year later, my tenants exited the lease and left the garbage laying throughout the entire property.

Would love to see it added in a later edition or given it's own book.

Make sure the contractors understand they are responsible to remove snow to access their work.More cutting, prepping, etc. work will typically be done indoors so make sure you hire a contractor who likes to be clean and won’t turn the entire interior into a personal workshop/storage shed.Figure extra $$$ for temp enclosures and heat if you wish to do exterior painting, masonry, etc.It’s darker later in the AM and earlier in the evening so make sure you have a lot of good, temporary lighting so you can maximize the amount of time your guys are working when they are actually onsite.Planon missing a few days here and there due to a “snow day” when guys can’t make it to work due to a snow storm.

The value I added only came later in 2021 when I did some larger cosmetic renovations.

The value I added only came later in 2021 when I did some larger cosmetic renovations.

Almost half my rentals were primary’s first and I still own them 10 years later.

She decides to leave, then stories, late rent, pigsty,  new papered puppy, now ruining my hardwood floors because dad and 3 kids clean up nothing. 

You can always move out later and then you have your first rental. 

So I submitted the paperwork through FEMA for a LOMA and paid something like $100 and about 6 months later they granted the LOMA which removed our house from the flood zone so our bank no longer requires us to carry flood insurance.

Think of all the things that could go wrong and see if the lease addresses them: unauthorized pets or tenants, early termination, security deposit, lease violations, late rent, eviction, lawn maintenance, parking, etc.5.