For everyone interested in understanding the Memphis, TN market conditions I suggest subscribing to the Chandler Reports Below is their report for August:"August Real Estate Update Home Sales Memphis and Shelby County home sales continued to improve through the summer.

I would not, however, thank them for their services.

best bet is to hire a full season lawn / snow service that can do your property year round..Seasonal rates for each  snow and for lawn care.. get some bids.. your going to find the good companies are probably already booked for snow and won't touch you unless you contract with them also for lawn care.. so make sure and mention that when you call.. have them do the fall clean up.. and get started right away.. 

They will dispatch a service to fix the problem and then one of three things happens: it was either a free courtesty service, or: they will charge your account (and deduct it for next months rent, not from the sec dep, so if they don't pay, the rent is short, which will trigger a late notice that can lead to eviction), or: they will give you a written notice and enforce the rules and regulations you have signed.

For example, if child services or the police had to do a welfare check on the individuals at that property and are getting stung, then the problem starts affecting more people and it gets resolved quicker.Keep us posted with what happens!

Both have relatively inexpensive properties, moderate taxes, good rents, and decent city services and economy.

It says the debt service is $97,994 / 12 = $8166.00 per month .

A "portfolio loan" is a loan which is serviced by the lender who issued the funds (i.e. held in their portfolio), rather than being packaged together with other loans and sold on the secondary market.

At the beginning it sounds like you want to scale at a good pace to improve your retirement prospects, just remember the more cash and free cash-flow you have, the more options are available!

I don't like the national services.