Some have just never been "tenant trained".

I'm sure there are some who do out there--probably the ones who post here who also invest--but I haven't run across them out in the real world so far.I don't blame them--it's just not what most of them are trained to do.

I went through a bank owned home recently and I noticed the thermostat was set all the way on 90 so that was a good tip off that the system needed repair.

I have it all in house and i personally train my negotiators.

Any tips on what to look for?

Then there is a tenant down in a makeshift illegal basement unit (4th unit) that is paying on time, but I cannot continue letting him live down there if I am going to get a rental license from the city.I am meeting with the non-section 8 tenant who is not paying their rent, and the illegal basement dweller today, and was looking for tips on how to gently explain they need to go - and soon.

Why setup a unique email, gmail has a cool feature you can give out a unique email.Say your email is [email protected][email protected] goes to your main emailSo you could give them all a "unique" email without setting up tons of email boxes.

A couple cool stops along the way could be Palm Creek golf and RV in Casa Grande , AZ (check it out!).

Just make sure your contractor bills break these pieces out to substantiate the cost.A CPA that writes in the blog section said recently that kitchen cabinets were depreciable as 5-yr property.http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/2024/blog_posts/20803-tax-saving-tips-for-reiI hadn't heard that before and asked her to confirm, but no response from her yet.

The area has what could be a very cool shopping business district and it would be wise to invite some creative minded entrepreneurs to begin their business in the area with some sort of grants.