Wow Tysonboss1 – I get your point!    Thanks for your further info – sounds like you have a fantastic property manager & a 6 month lease was very beneficial to that situation.  I'd really value your feedback on the thread I posted re how to find a property manager – we've only had 1 IP so far, so any & all direction will be very helpful to us.…[Read more]

Tysonboss1 wrote:
If they have been paying rent on time, I can't see how the agent can harass them  or do anything to them, I own investment properties but I am also a tenant and I must say that the only contact I ever had from agents as a tenant was the occassion where we forgot to pay our rent on time, or when we had to sign a new lease,The bi…[Read more]

Hi Elka,Have you considered checking out other houses of the same era in the neighbourhood which have already been renovated?  I like to go to open homes or do a search through the net to see what others have done with a house this "age".  I've done this with our own home when looking to renovate the kitchen – get loads of ideas of what works – &a…[Read more]