The tenant has kept the place in great shape except some melted siding from a grill ($100-$300 repair)The tenant is a law graduate student and works at a firm, said all the lawyers at her firm said she has every right to move out and not pay rent.She also wants her full security deposit back as well.Should I just let her go and cut my losses, or should I deduct her security deposit and sue her for rent?

The trimming/cutting was my first thought, but it may be cumbersome with cutting in the corners to keep the back etc.

3% or ARV just wouldn't cut it!

Here in my area i seen a lot of those Bandit Signs were they cut the bottom piece which is the contact information and replace it with a piece of cardboard.

You get an extra 20K but pay a little more to sell and you cut your carrying costs in half.Lenders I've spoken with will do a 90% of purchase and rehab loan up to 80% of ARV.

I've only used two small local banks so far and neither have cut me off yet.

As someone who cut his teeth in automotive service, a certain phrase always set off the bs detector. - "ive been doing this for xx years".

The laundry and icemaker valves require cutting the drywall to install the new "boxes" that surround them, but I've always had other drywall work to do anyway.

Once I figured out that there was no serious damage, I absolutely should have stopped to cut all the friggin' palms.

Head to a modification with a cut on the upb.