If he's showing you low then it's that amount or lower. 

. - Lastly, if you are looking at real estate as a long term buy and hold strategy, you have to look beyond just cash flow.

Amazingly, they suddenly figure out that they happened to leave some spare rent money under the mattress or their rich uncle left them a bond they can cash out.

Context: I’ve been using MLS, realtors and wholesalers to seek out my first investment property (debt free outside existing mortgage, $100k cash saved, stable income), since my network is fairly new and limited as a green investor.

Out of pocket cost to purchase (DP 20%): $135,200Monthly cash flow: $5,400 - $4,000 (mortgage) = $1,400Months to recover only DP: $135,200 / $1,400 = 84.5 It will take you about 8 years to recover your down payment.

When there is a problem.. they suck and they suck bad.My problem is that I spent an extensive amount of time researching other PMS packages while I was having major problems and I have additional automations built off of the system.  

If it's cash, then you need to write yourself a check. 

I think your best option is to have the tenant get a storage unit, so that they can greatly reduce the amount of stuff they're storing at your property.A few things to consider:   1. leases often have sections describing appropriate (and inappropriate) use of the unit.

Except at tax time and when I'm considering a possible 1031 etc to tap into the amount of equity I have.

I would pay them the same amount for anything shorter than a week.