Do not expect the students to do anything with respect to maintenance of the property (lawn care, snow removal, filter changes, etc) beyond cleaning (even then we offer an incremental cleaning service ... and reserve the right to compel it if they property is not being kept to minimum level of cleanliness).We have become more of an accommodations services provider than a traditional landlord and offer our student tenants several incremental services (your search above will undoubtedly discover some of them).

I have tried several but none compare What do you like most about the BP podcasts as opposed to others, say like an attorney or property manager.....The comics, the rapid fire questions, the content.....what?

Since values were rapidly appreciating, you could get enough cash out fairly quickly to put the down payment on another rental house.

Interest rate risk or other large risks can happen rapidly so I don't see any merit in the argument that one strategy is an order of magnitude less likely to suffer from systemic risk than another strategy.

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The Colorado area in general is growing rapidly with lots of building projects and homes seem to sell quickly.

Another great area that is rapidly growing is the tri-cities.

(seems like the right choice, if not slightly on the "overkill" side, and it can't cost anything incremental, right?)

Recently I have been looking on the west side at Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo.

I call it the $5K increment estimate:Example: You see a crappy kitchen.