In fact, I'm in town this week meeting with contractors and hope this project turns out to be well under budget as there doesn't appear to be any major work needed.

Allowing me to pursue this isn't a problem within a reasonable budget.

Also, what kind of budget have people worked with on their mailing campaigns?

And to your original question, we see that people that don't have a marketing budget of at LEAST $500 per month are going to STRUGGLE in this business and likely fail.

Make sure you budget for maintenance, vacancy and turnover costs.

Direct mail quotes with campaign budget.

Really liked it.I think your plan can certainly work, just make sure you over budget for maintenance and management.

If you are going natural gas for the furnace and range, then I would put in a gas water heater as well - either storage tank or in-line depending upon your budget.

Or if you have room and budget, 2x4 studs with batt insulation and drywall.

We paid 23.6% of rents for these expenses.Where I budget at least $2,000 for maintenance and cap. ex. on a single family residence I budget only $1,000 since outside maintenance is covered by the HOA.Hope this helps eventhough the numbers are for vacation rentals