Interestingly, regarding your rents, there was a good article talking about minimising vacancies here on BP's last week or so and one of the ideas was on offering more reasonable rents for longer term tenants.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/03/21/factors-to-help-minimize-vacancy-rate/#comment-154176Nothing wrong with offering fair rent for longer tenancy.

Whereas the handyman either will have to fix it himself or has had to fix them and will think about how to minimize future problems.Obviously you will need permits and licensed contractors for some jobs.Not sure this will help you or not but thanks for letting me vent :-)

Hi Fellows, I'm trying to minimize day of market by listing my rehab house to to mls before the rehab finish. is it a good idea?

I should clarify that that's for a rental property so contents coverage is minimal.

Our biggest challenge is starting with very minimal funds as we're both in our mid twenties and have spent most of our savings the last year travelling around Europe!

Their is very minimal equity in the property at this point with the amount of late payments, interest, taxes, etc. due on both the first and second.

I identify the problem and deal with it.I asked this question because before engaging in risks it is best to understand them and formulate a strategy that minimizes their effect.

All I am looking for is the name of the friendly and easy to use Transactional Funders.My list has six or seven, and searches with those names produce minimal results.g

I have a seller who has POA for his mother's home and is looking to sell quickly, however the house is way underwater, they owe roughly 200k and it's value, according to agent's comps are around 138-146k.Repairs are very minimal, according to owner, just cleaning and painting, built in 2006(of course, I can get my inspector to perform thorough estimate if i decide to contract it)I got the lead from bandit signs, but told the owner I would help him out any way I could with helping him find a solution.I have a broker i know who has experience dealing with the bank to make offers, etc and going through the short sale process, but have not been able to contact her, and the seller seems anxious to get the ball rolling.

Calculate not only the expense but the time it would take to make such repairs versus the money you will be getting back.If doing the repairs is basically a wash in value or minimal but it will take time you might be better off selling as-is now.