If your tenant is protesting the fridge there are two potential causes: they are picky or you have failed to meet reasonable expectations given the character of the unit and the standard of the full set of appliances in place.

Look forward to your comments and opinions........As always, Good luck and great investing to all,ScottScott, All the above comments are true, but I must protest and say don't listen to any until you visit this area.

And every major new development I've seen in Knoxville for the last 2 years seems to get public protest(s), negative publicity out the wazoo due to increased traffic flows and/or destroying the natural land and all that kind of stuff. 

If you are calculating taxes at $62 there is a good chance after a year or two the county will realize that you are not an owner occupant and you will lose that exemption, or they will just realize that they can charge more in taxes to an out of state investor that can't/won't come and protest.  

But the point is that no other loan offers the opportunity to protest value before appraised value is finalized, and that might sound good to a seller.

I know that there is always the chance you can protest the flood plain status or make improvements too.

There are property tax protest firms.

1) Groomed phone list and calls2) Posting on sites like teh RMLS, LOopNet and CrexI3) Mass eMails with details on the property like address and pricingYou can't tell me you think dayglo signs on the right-of-way and letters protesting someone's good-heartedness are a very professional approach.

If you are just wanting to switch your zoning to do a homestead, in my eyes, that seems like something nobody would protest and should be an easy case that can be done fully remote. 

City of San Diego had considered implementing SB10 but the residents protested and the support deminished.