I think you're a guarded and careful person, but residential rental real estate is a kind of dirty business.

There is a great group of members on here to connect with.

Quote from @Zeona McIntyre: @Zach Howard I am working on a how-to book on Creative Financing now (I am the author of BP's book on Mid Term Rentals) because when I was teaching myself I was frustrated at the lack of clear instruction.

If the current wood ones are ok leave them.

I know BiggerPockets already has a number of great calculators, but is there anything niche that people are interested in?

I would be happy to forward you the contacts of these folks so you can reach out, as well as a referral for a short term rental consultant who may have some insight.

If I could just ask one more question, i have a separate account with no co mingling of funds.

I mean one of these posters was told their "turnkey" property had dangerous sidewalk conditions questioning how "turnkey" the property was and their response was the tenant's don't care about the sidewalks.

do you have an offer from a builder currently and by builder do you mean your house is a tear down and rebuild.. or just a rehabber who is looking to rehab the home and flip it ?

The phone number for the 'agent' emailing me is the same as the one for the main business.