When pressed, turns out the property manager supplied a range after the lease was signed because the tenant's sons' signed the lease (she's 80 years old), and she wanted a range. 

Baltimore has surely received it's share of negative press, but I think it is unfair to characterize the entire city as a bad place to invest.

East Austin will still be hard pressed to get top dollar in a short  time and with the small down payment you are making, I assume you have limited capital.

From listening to everyone comment, it sounds like I need to press for quote and details on the code violation.

Most people don't press afterwards.

When renting to travelers or students it must be fully furnished and include all ultilities, internet and TV.

(I like 10BA Pro)N = Number of paymentsI = Interest ratePV = PricePMT = Payment FV = Future ValueExample:N = 120, I = 10%, PV = $10,000, PMT = $132.15 (you will see payment as a negative number)button press sequence = press 1, 2, 0 then N - press 1, 0 then I - press 1, 0, 0, 0, 0 then PV = then solve for payments press PMT.. 

Press Box?

If you buy a TV, you wouldn't want to put it on a payment plan because that plan would cost you interest and raise the overall cost of the television.Investing isn't the same way.

If you area single member LLC and you don't want to take the time to learn the formalities of running an LLC the answer may be no.I suggest you  check out NOLO Press website and books.