Open to out of state investing - consider buying near some of the larger military bases and take advantage of military personnel utilizing their housing allotment to pay rent. 

My spouse is the only one with an income and he’s military.

And you should get a weekly report/invoice itemizing which guards were on your site (C.

My examples just happen to be two items  that kill many of these conversions after the zoning permit is issued so best to verify what obstacles if any exist early on.

Maybe pose as a possible guest first, just to hopefully get them to respond.As for some of the other items you discovered, you could try adding some heat to your emails.  

Robert Cialdini notes that creating a sense of reciprocation is one of the best sales tactics out there, even if the items being reciprocated aren’t anywhere near equal in value (like a 12-month lease versus a $25 gift card, for example).

I know from experience that things will ALWAYS COME UP IN RENOVATIONS and it can honestly be hard to agree on the allocated time for some of these changes)- Plus many more items - it's easy to get out of control with contracts. 

My spouse is the only one with an income and he’s military.

Fairly straightforward, just ask the contractors what will make their job easier and keep them on schedule...removing old pipes, opening walls etc.If you haven't put the house under agreement yet I would bring a detailed and itemized list of repairs needed, maybe even with estimates, to the negotiation with the homeowner.

Smaller ones are filling up within 12 hours and the large unit they left with 2x 5 gallon water jugs to empty into AND a catchment below....because obviously the sellers knew that it fills over 5+ gallons in just TWO DAYS.We have had to get a structuralengineer in who has noted other water damage throughout the basement (unfinished) that was hidden behind sellers boxes and personal items during our inspection.