Kay March: In our lease we explicitly require Tenants to obtain our consent prior top affecting any repairs or alterations to a property ... and in most instances we will insist they use our standard trades/service providers to carry out the work.

I hope it's a smooth transition for you.I have to compliment you on your investment philosophy, which I am a huge advocate of, "investing to me is buying and holding with a medium to long term view for capital growth, whereas, flipping is a business or trading to make a profit".

donetold tenants that if they came back, it would come out of sec depnow, tenant tells me that she (right) has bedbugs. and has for months.I want to execute the "they pay for it" part.any reason why I shouldn't?

If you want the asset then syndicate the deal or utilize seller financing to work out the trade.

What happens when you become the 'jack-of-all-trades' is you forfeit being exceptional at anything....

The US Dollar used to be the standard used in all oil trading world wide.

For my transaction, I as seller executed a deed transfer (warranty deed) which was held in escrow to be released upon the buyer's successful completion of the terms of the contract.

Heck, I'll even trade my skills as a fitness trainer and golfer (3 HCP) for your real estate wisdom!

I sometimes sub out certain trades to do work for me and they always ask for money upfront.

I've owned some of these properties for over 10 years.I have extensive experience in landlording and its problems and over the years have come up with quite a few personal tricks of the trade which I hope to add to the community over time as it's appropriate.