You won't see "touch up spots" and you don't have to spend time/money re-doing the whole room.

The residents of the neighborhood know if the MHP is a trouble spot or just older.Good luck.

Despite that, many people with the off-street parking choose to park on the street first (it is free public parking after all), and thus those without off-street parking have a tough time getting a parking spot.

Sweet spot is 50k-100k all-in.

Also it makes a difference is the house is outdated.If it is functional but outdated it will become an expense for the buyer down the road with upgrading to sell to the next buyer.For instance if a home is 1 to 2 years old and you buy you can get away with owning a few years and reselling without pouring a bunch of money into it.If you buy a house that is say 5 to 10 years old and resell in a few years you will most likely have to spend substantial money updating for resale.On the bpo's now they actually make the 3rd party bpo broker/agent (who does not have the listing)sign an electronic from when submitting the report that they have not been influenced nor have they had discussions with any parties relating to the value of the property.The buyers broker,buyer,listing broker,and seller all have an interest to see the sale happen.The BPO person getting paid for a report is just an objective 3rd party.You want to make sure and not overpay for a property.For instance you put in an offer and wait 2 months for acceptance.Meanwhile the market has declined 6% since then and your deal is no longer that great.It's critical to know with a short sale how many mortgages and liens are present.The more to negotiate the more of a long shot of getting approval from all parties and hitting the value needed.

I'm still a little frightened of Nicetown, but perhaps @Mary B. found a sweet spot nearer to Temple.

If it doesn't work for you in the future you can advise her that electronic payment by check can be set up to arrive to you on time and she can do that several months in advance.

If you have the tenant replace the filter (you provide the filter) you would still have someone in the area that might spot problems (HW heater, busted window, dripping pipe, etc.)

Since you bring up Star Trek, then let me add that I really look forward to the day we have a teleport device to beam us from one spot to another.So as landlords all we need is to build a corridor or with say 10 doors.

Barring that, I think Bill Gulley is pretty much spot on...