A few months in, he reports the garbage disposal wasn't working.

Also remove garbage disposals and dishwashers when you can.

., inspector) are a joke, the roads are laughably bad, garbage collection misses the house every once in a while, your go-to contractors say "Sorry man, we don't deal in that area", the city tax rate is disproportionately high w/no credit, the adjacent home have pit bulls and the kids fling the fecal on the front porch for fun, basketball (a.k.a "yell ball") is played in the street until 3:00 am everyday so the tenant complains with a sleep deprived quivering voice and leaves, and the property value is "eh".I know you're thinking "sheesh dude, speaking from experience?"

Put $30k to rehab and doubled those rents, and gave tenants the garbage bills. 4.

Patti and Karen are spot on - follow their threads.Out here, I troll around on my Harley and look for a massive pile of garbage, literally, and then I start delicately inquiring and investigating...

Income: (current, not proforma)2021 income- $98,040 (rents are under market)Expenses:2021 taxes- $14,651Insurance- $936 per year2020 maintenance- $5,287Annual HOA dues (garbage, landscaping, snow removal included)- $9600 Property has been managed by current owner.

I just throw junk mail in the garbage.

This is the worst king of legal garbage.

In the Fall of every year, I send the tenant an estimate of my costs for the property: property taxes, insurance, garbage, CAM, and periodic repairs.

, forget to put out basic supplies, lose the key, forget to greet the guest or hire the housekeeper, neglect to collect payment, lose the lease, forget to remind guests to take out garbage or separate recycles, don't replace broken furniture, dishes, worn linens or even bulbs, neglect to notice and charge for damage, and none came close to getting the number of bookings I get on my own.