Many of the best landlords bring the management in-house, because they can monitor their properties more effectively.  

We are in our due diligence period now and one of the biggest issues we found during the home inspection was more roof damage than we originally thought.

Didn't negotiate because property came with hurricane damage which I felt was appropriately priced into the asking price.

Whatever the last lease they signed is what is in effect just one a month to month basis. 

I have buildings at 100% and buildings in mid 80sThe hurricane didn’t effect me at all.

Door knock is most effective. 

I agree with these guys, I've never had luck cash-out refinancing for numerous reasons.Also, in my opinion some of the most brain damage from deals is the financing, so I prefer to only go through it once :) 

As a pet owner in Austin I've seen the usual is $300-500 as a pet deposit and at the end of the least if there is no pet damages you MAY get back half of the deposit but.

In some cases, the effective tax rate is huge. 

So you have a great tenant that takes care of the place and their current 2 dogs have been controlled and not damaged anything.