Our tenant is leaving end of January, and we were thinking of listing it mid Jan, and then taking some time to clean it up etc and having an "open house" for prospective tenants the first weekend of Feb.Any thoughts on this? 

I spent a lot of time working with them on the idea that sales is the process of solving the customers problems and delivering beyond what the customer expects.

Same as SFH just less customers.  

Rates have almost doubled in the last few months so cost of funds is significantly higher for many prospective buyers .

Utilities costs (Gas, Electric, Water) for the past 6 monthsThis part of your motivated seller questionnaire gives you the information with which you'll be able to decide whether the property needs a short sale, whether seller financing is an option, and how to structure a deal or an offer that can work for both you and the homeowner.You'll also need this information to properly market the house to your investment property buyers.If you're a new real estate investor, I hope you arm yourself with the information on this page to work out win-win-win solutions for your sellers, your buyers and yourself.Motivated Seller Questionnaire Red FlagsThe power of the motivated seller questionnaire is that it helps guide your interview process, and gives you a framework to make the screening as conversational as possible (In other words, it's a script, without the mechanical sounding words and phrases).It helps you in the 4 following ways: Avoid Outright deception by prospective property sellers Properly screen your inbound leads for seller motivation Helps screen out irritable, irrational, potentially psychotic people you should never, ever deal with Helps you build rapport with target ideal candidates Supplies information to help structure your dealsAvoiding Outright Deception I've had a property owner tell me "..All the house needs is less than $5,000 dollars in repairs, and it's ready..." on a house that clearly needed so much work ($35,000 to $40,000 dollars) that no buyer or agent had ever called him back.Better Motivated seller screening Being a successful real estate wholesaler is a matter of alignment.

The ability to operate a business, manage people, handle customers, market, sell, form strategies, etc are necessary for success.

Imagine if your mortgage company sent you a $25 gift card, I personally wouldn't care-- I'd just think "thanks, you're obviously overcharging me if you need to redistribute $$ to customers."

Customer Service, you want a custodian that will listen to your needs and be able to help assist you with kindness5.

It’s fun to watch her talk to customers.

Bank of America had already announced that they'll let their customer defer mortgage payments up to 120 days.