It’s less hassle, there’s no out-of-pocket money for rehab, there’s no risk of the ARV appraisal coming in low (soooooo many threads on this are sitting on BP), etc.Buying this kind of property is boring, less active, the “story” isn’t fun, there’s nothing sexy about locking in a low interest rate, etc.

I've installed inside the windowsill on block which is kind of a pain because it's block, but usually the blind sits outside of the windowsill.  

I use Cozy.....but if you weren't happy with Smartmove, you many not like Cozy either....kind of same concept....everything is filled out online by the tenant unless you want to input all the data and collect the fee etc

Milwaukee has shifted a bunch of stuff from the tax bill, where it probably belongs, over to what is commonly called the water bill, but includes snow removal, garbage and recycling, and all of the water related fees.  

@Drew Brown  Sorry for the delay, busy season.....We do rent a few more remote properties (but not too far from office) and have turned down many....A main criteria that there would be some kind of phone service, land line or access...Many areas outside of the cities have shaky cell service so not being able to have someone contact us in an emergency, to me, is not workable. 

@Khader MohBP does not allow us to post services of any kind in the forums so I had to private message you.

I kind of estimated what would be a good deal for my investors over 10 years and a great deal for them over 20 years. 

My first thought was to suggest asking the seller to carry-back the amount they needed but thought to myself, there’s gotta be a market for this kind of thing.

You will have a very, very hard time finding that kind of deal right now, even in the hood.

He says State Farm has only one kind of policy and it’s broad form (he never says it’s an HO5).