But all those cultural restrictions is more than offset by a tradition of honesty and integrity, especially in business.Thanks to our badly broken Japanese, communication in daily life is scattered with many amusing interactions.

There is a large broken window so I'm sure there has to be some interior water damage.I don't have any experience estimating repair costs.

Why would a tenant make those upgrades, especially a month to month?

It never cease to amaze me how screwed up this industry is sometimes so I would like to reach out to all BP members and reinforce that one's reputation is like fine china, once its broken, no matter how well you put it back together it will never be the same.A few years ago, I had a discussion with someone how told me that they really hated real estate people because they all lie and mislead you.

Much of the movie is about lives ruined, dreams shattered, financial ruin, broken families, but that all ends up into a frenzy of investors gathering and plotting battles with gurus, collectively they pick them off one at a time. 

Plus, it's a lot easier to start out living a frugal life and then slowly upgrade when you are collecting rental income than to start out with an extravagant life and try to cut back. 2) Do not get discouraged and never give up.

I'd say comparables with corner lots in this area (assuming major upgrades/reno has been done) are in the $1M+ but my father's house would probably only sell for 600-700k because of its condition.  

If your 2/1 is a bit better in terms of upgrades or has a better parking situation then you might be able to push it a little bit.

One of them was an upgrade in electric service and breaker box since their lights were flickering when they run certain appliances.

Or someone doing buy-and-hold but they need to keep the 5% in their pocket to upgrade some things.