The maintance man told me everything was working just fine and i should keep the doors shut and the blinds pulled over the windows .

My estimates are accurate so it's not like they're looking at $15k to remodel a bathroom or anything ridiculous, but still......I get the feeling that it would look better if it were from a separate entity.I have a friend who would likely lend me his help/name since he would know that I wouldn't be actually contracting through his name, but just trying to help refine my system on these offers.

If I were going to use this method, I would simply knock on the door and ask them if their house is for sale and how much they want?

They welded the doors and buried it.

I can't stand watching $950 go out the door every month for rent.

If you really want to rent to students then rent the whole place to a group and make sure you get the right things in order (cosigners are the parents, etc).If you want to rent individual rooms I suggest you look for a building that is split up into studios so that you are not dealing with people sharing bathrooms, etc.

New hardware on kitchen and bathroom cabinets is also cost effective and looks great.

The sub prime implosion has closed a lot of doors.

I never said that buyer's do or don't pay the commission (which I'll come back to).

I'm currently trying to get $1000 credit back from the seller because of a fence she put up that is encroaching on a business property next door.