I used two variables: 1) will this action garner more rent, better tenants or faster time off market; 2) will this action cause less needs, repairs and concerns while it is rented.Not sure my example fits your request.

Water can cause lots of damage and you might want a few contractors to look at it.

cause of the price difference for exact home between the 2 citys

When they aren't, they have to be evicted and will usually cause several thousand dollars in damage.Trenton is still a viable city and people who have lived there all their lives consider it home and want to continue to live there.

Even though we had various handymen to help us with the work, we still did the physical labor ourselves for awhile, until the old bones were causing us to eat Tylenol like candy, then we turned over most of the labor and repairs to our handymen, but the more dangerous Detroit became, the more our handymen stopped working for us, because their vans were stolen and their toles taken, and even one of our men, lost his life.

If a little bit of extra maintenance/reserves quickly causes your profit to vanish, give that some thought also.

One, the bubble caused a much greater awareness of foreclosure issues, wrongful foreclosures were rare until the past fiasco and secondly, attorneys along with the public are more aware of the issues.

IOWs, when one borrower gets too many loans a loss of that one borrower can cause significant risk to a lender.Regulators will frown on releasing a party for the sake of the rinse and repeat tactic with additional loans made, but there can be some leeway based on the aspects mentioned as they near concentration levels.This is why investors really need to establish good relationships with several lenders as at some point, using only one lender, they will have to say no at some point. :)

They are more expensive but if like us you have made claims due to tenants setting the kitchen on fire, causing a flood and then throw in the crazy tornado/hail storms in Oklahoma you won't be able to get Insurance with standard carriers.

Cause it sounds like a plug for another guru thing trying to get off the ground.And at the end I guess you only select the real producers and chaulk up the others as slow learners.Most real estate brokers will take an agent if they have not been in trouble before just for the opportunity for the to sell a house to someone they know or their family.