It may sound nice to pay a 5% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no add-on fees.

You will save a tremendous amount of time and effort if you keep extra paint or save the paint code or at least have a place that can color match a sample with some degree of accuracy.

Will say there's folks on here who know a heckuva lot more than me, but glad I could offer you some insight. 

Hi Folks,I recently took my listings down from HomeAway because I was so frustrated at my inability to match the 'deposit' amounts shown on their excel export of revenue to the amount deposited to my bank account. 

Since folks seem to be moving to Texas by the droves, would it be best to buy a 2nd property in Texas before moving, then rent both properties to tenants in Texas and rent my own living space in SOCAL?  

I applaud anyone that can do both, as it definitely makes some extra cash when you don't have to fork over 10% of your rental income.I interviewed a few PMs in my area, and have had some experience with bad ones.

Rick Sands handled the issue horribly, folks lost a lot of money and I still have never received an explanation from the company as to what happened - but furthermore what THEY were going to do about it.Im using cozy now - and it does have a few shortcomings compared to erent.

It is far better if the landlord just lets Tina out of her lease, and accepts Sam as a new tenant.Or, the landlord might let Tina out of her lease, accept Sam as a new tenant, but also require Tina to guarantee Sam's lease for the final six months (using my example) of Tina's lease term.Either one of these accomplishes everybody's goals without getting into messy technicalities that come about with a sublease.Most leases contain prohibitions against subleasing without the landlord's consent.Many leases charge a one-time fee if the tenant subleases, or is let out of their lease and a new tenant accepted.That is because the situation causes extra work and risk for the landlord. 

Folks retiring is the ideal situation.

The property is probably the best in the neighborhood ($-wise), but only due to extra buildings on property.