So i found a house that has tall ish grass and a broken/open window with no mailbox at the location and i was to buy this property for my first house to live in for a while then eventually sell.

Where I invest, there is quarterly garbage fees LL pays, which get billed back to tenant.Sounds like this model would work for you too.

well, duh.I'd put this in unquoted text but I don't see a method of disabling the quote format in the text editor.They can ask you to serve notice so one unit (or both) are vacant at the time of possession, but if you agree to that make sure you have a large deposit and some of that is not refundable if the buyer backs out as you will need it to cover the lost rent. thank you.

Has this been your experience as of late?

For those of you with rentals, this may be of interest to you which I discovered on linkedin.

Any thoughts on if this might be a smart decision or if I should just rent equipment and write-off the costs?

Any tips on finding good property management? 

Unfortunately this company is not good.

I recently purchased a rental property and discovered it needs more extensive repairs than I originally anticipated.

Would like to know if this is even worth it?