If you are spending $5000-10000 more every 5 years on a home that appears to be producing 15% ROI before figuring the excessive costs, it is likely going to come out as a wash versus a stable performing home with little expenses that is yielding 8-9% annually and appreciating at 3-4% in equity each year.I say this all of the time... at the end of the day it all depends on your resources and goals.

we don't do this on our new construction.. you want THEM pressuring their lender to get it done while they are in a motel.. that's what residence inns are for.in rare instances I have given them possession of the garage.. but that is like on a sat and the close is on Monday.. its a frequent request we get.. and as other stated no way they are getting in our brand new construction home before they own it.

4) For the water, I’ve been suggested by a plumber to install a booster pump to fix the pressure issue.

./1ba. w/~750sqft. wash/dry included.I inherited one tenant who is currently at $625/month, I plan to increase that significantly when her lease is up for renewal in July.Tenant I put in is at $775/month and I filled the unit with a good couple less than 2wks after one ad on Craigslist.

While I know houses are not apartments there is still price pressure there.

Louis has a lot of options for rental investments, so you can consider the Wash Ave area, but definitely don't rule out other areas -- the city has a lot to offer.

That way you can network in a large setting without the pressure of forcing it.

@Timoteo Guy I've outsourced most of our paid laundry service to WASH laundry.

What I found is that most of the professional backgrounds are calls center, scripted, high pressure specialists that work assertively to extract fee’s memberships etc.  

and spent a fare amount of time bragging about how rich he was.  He