Well...the Dayton Dragons baseball team has the most consistent sold out games of any sporting team in North America (startling fact), Warped Wing opened a second location, and a half dozen other breweries are now open in the city...Boston Stoker coffee is totally awesome and has several new locations (this is important because it's a key indicator for the successful revitalization of many cities...beer-food-coffee is key)...there is a river front development that is reminiscent of Columbus (which was awarded best on the country), there is big inner-city revitalization...I saw a developer by the name of Simms pre-sell 24 $500k "Brownstone" townhouses in the center of downtown (unheard of in Dayton)...there are 30 renovation projects going on downtown...and they now have a full time staff on the streets to keep the city clean...the population is on the increase for the first time since 1964....I mean this is pretty superficial, but it's every bit as important as economic indicators...there is a lot more to this...There are still "war zones" in abundance in Dayton and it's the Opiate Overdose capital of the USA...but getting better rapidly...just proceed with caution if you elect to invest there...a local subject matter expert is a must!

I keep properties that I have very little cash tied up in and that the tenants will pay off over only 3-5 years for my rental portfolio.Anything that needs a lot of rehab and will allow me a good paycheck when done, I flip.What you keep and what you sell totally depends upon where you are in your investing career and what your goals are.

I always have the tenant pay for the application process in total, credit/background checks, etc.. 

We receive an invoice for the total number of cleanings and then render payment.

Thanks @Carl LeeSo subject to ...lets say her pay off amount is 200k , then it might be a deal , provided she is ok to just get done with it .But if seller is expecting to not only get out of the loan but also expecting some cash - lets say 20k , then it means 220K Al in for meSo looks like :1. total pay off need to be less2.

About a year ago I did a cashout refinance to secure funds for other properties and the property reappraised for $480k.

You’d use that ratio from the assessed value to the purchase price ($5k land/$20k total = 25% land, $15k building/$20k total = 75% building) to get $50k land and $150k building.

The monthly total on them combined is roughly 380.

He is about to secure a loan for a 3br 2bath SFH in NE DC, that is a pre-foreclosure.

The tenants we received in these properties would usually only stay for 1 year max and always left a total mess and damage when they left.