Pay off the debt, save your credit and start fresh.

We have one of the largest sources of fresh water in the world, and 30 percent of the population will soon not be able to afford to pay their water & sewer bill.I love Cleveland.

Many older apartments (50s-70s) tend to have functional obsolescence baked in, so to a degree there will be a practical limit on how much you can push rents up without bigger cost alterations.

===================House prices in parts of London that were once at the epicentre of the UK property boom have fallen as much as 15% over the past year in fresh evidence of the impact of the EU referendum.Figures from Your Move, one of the UK’s biggest estate agency chains, reveal that the average home in Wandsworth – which includes much of Clapham, Balham and Putney – fell by more than £100,000 in value over the last 12 months.

Most renters are happy to have clean units that have fresh paint and clean appliances that work.

You can choose to terminate their leases and start fresh, or verify their ability to pay the new rate.

For us BP people, we can see the potential in a fresh coat of off-white paint where regular people just see a gross ugly house.  

That outfit says "I'm here to chew bubblegum and kick ***, and I'm fresh out of bubblegum."  

The building is 8 years old and doesn't need any major repairs... just pressure washing the siding, replace a few broken window screens, and possibly a fresh coat of paint on the interior.In this area, prices have held steady.

Turnovers and related repairs & re-leasing fees should also be baked into underwriting, which I did not have a proper handle on.The local provider did cut me some slack a few times with some of the turnovers by either not charging the re-leasing fee, or cutting the fee in half because of my situation.