Then, see how much more you can get for the nice garden and pond (from a rental rate perspective) --> compare this amount against the cost of the gardening.Demand -- You may want to price it slightly higher (initially, with a gardener) and see what your demand is.

Once interest rates go up that should cap the housing market and cause it to shift back to lower house prices but affordability stays the same.

I am trying to understand from sheriff sale purchase perspective.

My wife and I have made the decision to shift some things around and start investing in Real Estate more aggressively.

NA Beard I agree, but how do you handle a perspective tenant that is not completing the process?

Im wondering if we should put the house up for sale in the hope it shifts fairly quickly, or try and cover the nut on both property's until we can rent it out for enough to cover most of the mortgage in Richmond,keeping to the buy & hold strategy that we were starting to implement.

As already stated, there really isn't much change from a tenant/investing perspective.  

By the time the weekend hits, I don’t feel like doing much because then I have to shift gears to other tasks that have piled up in the meantime.  

This means that doors and boxes are going to shift and move as humidity changes, and paint finish is probably closer to a hand sprayer than a controlled and baked-on finish (Think rattlecan paint job vs. factory on your car)There's also the question of design.

If one of the people in a conflict can get over their bad selves, admit they might not know everything, and try to understand the other person's perspective, it ends up transforming the conversation, and both people in it.Well done @Austin Hughes!