We spent the first year almost redoing the entire cosmetic interior.

I've spent a lot of time in Fort Bragg over the past fifteen years - it's one of my favorite places to visit, usually coupled with abalone diving.

@Joshua McGinnis This and worse is what I get in my email box practically daily.  

The seller's reluctance is the tax hit and where to move the money after closing.His gross rents are $5000 per mo. and claims to net "a couple" thousand each month after paying PITI but not sure he factors in repairs or the value of his time spent toward management.My partner suggest financing the deal at 7% using a wrap around and balloon. 

A Tv, garbage, boxes of stuff, no furniture, some tools, etc.

I’ve spent the past six months listening to the BP podcasts, reading all of the guides and recommended books (including J Scott’s), and learning as much as I could before I arrived in town.

I spent a few days coming up with a application that will pull all the e-mails address from the last few days of "real estate for sale - owner " sectionIt would then send all of those folks a ( call me I want to see the house and put in an offer e-mail )I ran the program once, most of the folks that called want top dollar or market value.

So we have spent 1500.00 on that so far.

Usually, the cost savings they see from reduced time spent on rent collection, reconciliation, and accounting well outweighs the cost of PayNearMe.

@Karen - This was written a day after I spent 3 hours researching and calling banks that are home path qualified.