I think with vertical blinds, kwikset locks, a good cleaning job on the indside, pressure washing the outside, replacing two low-e glass, and installing battery powered smoke/COs you are right in the ballpark for a good job.

That house should have all new low-e windows for resale.

E-mail spam is everywhere.Some are using accounts such as Boxbe where if an actual person doesn't verify it doesn't get delivered.I get spam as well.It takes me about 10 seconds one time a day to check all and delete.My e-mail is out there so no getting around it.One of my friends gets about 1,200 e-mails a day and about 700 is spam.I have had my e-mail for so many years I wouldn't change it.

When you convert your residence to a rental, you will report two separate rental properties on your Schedule E and depreciate each of them separately.

If you don't like property management do not agree to it.There is the residential and then the commercial side of it.If she wants to start a property management company she needs to have a separate company with E and O.This way if a lawsuit ever happens she can dump this company without affecting her main brokerage.www.irem.org is where you can get cream of the crop training for management.You need to have long talks with her and get everything in writing and agree on compensation and duties before moving forward.

Offered 45, they counted 62k with e/m non refundable after 10 day inspection.

If you hold the property in your own name, you report your rental income and expenses on Schedule E (1040)

Should I just get the cheapest single pane type I can find, or would there be any point in getting a more expensive "low e" glass type or double-paned?

Mary,The member being stationed in Germany will make it somewhat more difficult but not out of the question.I am guessing that this is an Army soldier that will be stationed at Ft Lewis.I would recommend that you get phone numbers and an e-mail address to his supervisor.If you have an issue and lose track of the supervisor, you can contact Post housing at Fort Lewis for assistance.In the Air Force, we do not tolerate our members not paying their obligations and I am confident that you will get the same support from the Army.If I were in your position, I would try to make this happen because you are likely to get a long term tenant if he is re-stationing there after his 2 yrs in Germany.Chris

Your fundamental question seems to be "how can I prevent tenants from paying late?"