Viewing an area of any town, like the southeast side as being "the place to live" might be ok today for the rehabber/flipper, but for the long term strategies, today's hot spot can turn to tomorrow's ho-hum or even less desirable.

The house is in perfect condition and I told her I'd give her back her deposit on the spot if she is out by Sept. 30 or sooner.

And yes I think he is spot on.

Jon is spot on!

The unit the problem tenant is in comes with two spots, but she is single and only has one car.

Or anything with HOAs or where the owner pays ANY utilities.Around here enclosing the garage and thereby adding heated square feet was popular once but I don't like those, primarily because I see a lot of people that want an actual garage.The sweet spot here are 3/2s, though the spoiled college crowd demands a private bath with each bedroom.Speaking of the spoiled set, I just rented a four-bed to three college girls who converted the fourth bedroom into a MAKEUP ROOM.

So it depends upon why the carpet needed replacing and why the walls needed painting, and what broke the oven.I've billed a tenant for replacing the carpet when the carpet was in good usable condition, except covered with red spots from koolaid in every room.

Now, we got out of the car, checked them out, saw if they had curb appeal, looked if they had any cosmetic problems that we could spot out early, peaked through the windows to see if the interiors were beat up and basically determined if we would want to go any further with them.

I know it's not usually the best idea to rent to a friend but he is dependable, was in a tight spot where he was, and it was nice to have a good tenant move in right after closing.

When you buy at auction you have to put everything in your name on the spot.