As far as pictures go the real estate agent and local investor said the photo order looked perfect. She said the exterior front shots the tenants care the least about so she likes those at the end and the backyard shot is for anyone who might care about having a backyard. As far as pet fees i know about 7 years ago I think my girlfriend said she was paying about $25/mo for a pet fee in a B class apartment complex. My investor/agent friend looked at the $100 /mo pet fee and said she thought it was fair to start with and see what happens especially knowing how i feel about pets like she does. I did change the listing to small pets negotiable with applicable screening and fees so its not right up front. As far as any yard work its been cleaned up, its much better than it was. The grass has a hard time growing near that garden bed as it slopes down and collects water. The trees and stumps will go at some point just not today, ive already spent enough money this year. The driveway shot is only there to show what the parking situation looks like. The truck is one of my tenants. As far as the handrail, yeah i probably could but its only one step up ill add it to the next list of things to do. I dont know what that is in the bathroom, i assume its hiding ducting. Yes that carpeted storage thing is unique to this style and age of building. my realtor/investor friend has 2-3 of these duplexes just like mine in the same zip. I did do the premium boost with rentredi which lists it on zillow, trulia and hotpads. by default it lists on rentredi and realtor.com. I also put it on facebook marketplace and when anyone asks if its still available i have been sending them the link on zillow asking them to apply there. not sure if thats the best approach or not. I may look into also listing it on apartments.com but havent gotten that far yet. So far its been just over a day and i havent had any interest yet so im not sure what to expect. We are in the middle of october now entering our slower season. Ive made a few edits over the course of the last day and ive noticed when i click the link in rentredi to go to realtor.com it says it will be active in 6hrs. so maybe my constant minior tweaking things is preventing the listing from being live long enough for people to notice, again not sure how it works.

@Jeff H I’m using rentredi which syndicates it out to Zillow and a few others. Zillow seems to be fairly popular here so I’ve been screening mostly through Zillow. Another local investor had some sort of background screening tool so I just give her the name and phone number and she can do a further background check beyond what Zillow can do and that’s helped. It’s only been on the market a week, I’ve only had about 3 applicants and all have not met the requirements so it’s an easy decline button.

Thanks Frank for posting and creating and engaging conversations!

Well that was fast!

@Steven DiMartino are you still able to take the entire amount as a write off for major capital expense on the taxes you wouldn’t get the miles points or cashback rewards which is a trade-off but I’m curious about the taxes. Maybe that doesn’t matter for taxes because the amount is still the amount.

@Steven DiMartino pretty sure hvac is considered a capital expense so you should be able to write that off

This is awesome.

@Frank Contreras Frank! My man, awesome work! Who wouldn’t want a cup ó Dion in the morning!