We are planning to upgrade all the units and increase rent by using quality material. 

Doing a refi now would move me from a 4.5% interest rate to somewhere in the high 7% to 8% range, so I am thinking of potentially selling.

BiggerPockets Team, What mailer companies are you using and highly recommend?

The key is to be very specific about what you're looking for in regards to quality of photos, whether you want full walk-through videos or have them broken up by area, etc.

It's nice to know that you are taking into account the quality of life for your tenants and if that floor will benefit them.

ok  further along in the process...I was the high bidder at the bank auction and I have approached the person and offered her cash for keys and she doesn't want money and seems to want to max out time before being evicted.in meeting the her,  she appears to have had a hard life and does not appear to be in great mental health and might have a current or past addiction. 

Highly recommend retaining legal counsel to draft a partnership agreement that meets your particular needs.

You could leave one in every room on a high shelf, inaccessible to a child.  

We are seeing signs of higher demand even though rates remain high, months of inventory decreasing, multiple offers becoming very common again, and consumer confidence increasing.We are expecting these trends to continue as the news headlines continue to shift and report much more positive market conditions.

When I invest in bay area, where the median household incomes and average property values are so high, focus shifts from places meets my criterion than crime and quality of neighborhood.