I'm an investor and Real Estate Investing Coach who specializes in Wholesaling, Multiple Choice Offers, Flipping Tax Deed Land Lots and Seller Finance Rentals where both the Seller and the new Lease Option tenants pay me, leaving me with a little cash flow while I wait for the mortgage balance to go down and the property value to go up during the 1 to 3 yr Seller Finance period.

Thoughts?http://www.businessinsider.com/smart-money-getting-out-of-real-estate-2015-12

I am trying to be super carful with these deals and cant really afford to pay out for an appraisal and then the property fall short of the loan criteria which intern leaves me in the hole and no loan.  

Leaving the basement is great(singles, shacking up and newlyweds are moving out on their own) so those investors that are looking to sell may want to prep for that.

I've had ceiling fans in all my rentals - I've never got a call or had problems with them - except for own - which had a switch go bad and was easily fixed for a few dollars and about 10 minutes -  In fact  - I actually did receive a call about a fan once - a tenant of mine wanted permission to install his own fancy fan that he received from his sister - he said he would leave it in the apartment when he left  - It was a really nice fan - so I went ahead and installed it for him and when he left, true to his word - he did not ask about the fan or indicate that he wanted to take it with him.

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When a seller or listing agent calculates the ROI, they always leave some key expense out of the equation.  

If you consider wholesaling the property, run the numbers hard before you make an offer to the owner to make sure that you leave enough room that an investor would be interested. 

It seems to categorize  Family tenants well but leaves out single tenants. 

It seems like an easy fix, look for a roofing supplier, visit their store and ask for their contractor calling card, some mom and pop usually leave some.