go into effect as proposed, those tenants are going to be getting some MASSIVE heat bills and as I think someone did mention, we also have what sure sounded like a nice, do gooder type program here where they by law cannot shut off your gas and electric during the winter till Apr 15th for nonpayment of your bill.That sounded great and yes, it would make is all look and feel like a bunch of heartless bastards to shut off heat during the winter, problem is though that for whatever reason a fair amount of people then run their heat literally at 80, 82, 85 degrees all winter long AND have a few windows open or even my personal favorite I've seen a million times, its -8 degrees and some goof has their main front exterior door OPEN with just the flimsy glass storm door shut to block the cold.

Marketing tips, and you'll know what Realtors can and can not do.Notes, it's boring stuff, no pain no gain, but go to the Fannie Mae underwriting guidelines, it's all there.

@Shawn Ackerman Sir, I feel your pain.

There's a massive packet of info... serious pain. 

If the tenant truly is a pain then any apology is going to destroy what's left of your authority base and they are going to walk all over you.

Needless to say he has been around this block a couple thousand times and a great resource for anyone interested in learning more.

New heater in attic, water heater newish, A/C will need to be updated sooner or later but doesn't look bad.I have 4 comps that are blocks away all sold within last 6 months, most expensive one being close to the lake and farthest away.

I called the city to clear it up (pain).

See my sig block for details.The link to the clubs here on Bigger Pockets is right here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-clubs/illinois.htmlyes the one I run is listed there.

Account Closed It depends where you are, and anywhere that has 30k house the market can change in a few blocks so you need someone who understand that market and is your boots on the ground.