It's my understanding that I should have been given 30 days notice if they were going to terminate the lease (I was not).

That was my understanding—good to confirm.

I am reaching out to everyone in hopes someone has had experience with loud, seemingly aggressive, horse-sized dogs in a neighboring lot and advice for selling or renting.Backstory (it will hopefully help to understand my predicaments): I am currently in the military and stationed in the Saratoga Springs area for the last 3 years.

I am reaching out to everyone in hopes someone has had experience with loud, seemingly aggressive, horse-sized dogs in a neighboring lot and advice for selling or renting.Backstory (it will hopefully help to understand my predicaments): I am currently in the military and stationed in the Saratoga Springs area for the last 3 years.

You really need to understand what the cost is and how you are going to make your money back.  

If I am to understand your recommendations correctly, are you saying that making 10% improvements only matters if I intend to flip the property?

I understand the ordinary and necessary expenses after ready the BP book on tax strategies.

I'm also looking at Buffalo and since I'm not from Buffalo I'm trying to get a better understanding of the potential for different areas.

So if I understand this correctly, it’s possible a lender may not give a loan if the property is a “fixer upper”, but a way around this is to use a 203k streamline and make improvements to the property?

Perfectly understandable.