I honestly should have more money saved up considering my years of working full-time, however younger financial mistakes have been a painful lesson and I regret not purchasing a property sooner/younger.My most important and immediate goal right now is to purchase a property.I am in (what I perceive to be) a relatively high cost real estate area. 

Emphasize the importance of maintaining a smoke-free environment for the health and safety of all residents.Impose Penalties:If your lease agreement includes penalties for smoking violations, make sure to enforce them.

Unless they are planning a ton of preventive health operations/community health outreach they are just putting a band-aid on a broken bone.   

But for health and safety reasons . 

This immediate implementation would have been very bad for investors, bad for resident homeowners, bad for renters: would have been all-around painful. 

If they choose something low, they are going to be a pain and it's time to get them out.

Yea there's some growing pains - but experience is the best teacher.

Go get your own health insurance and retirement funds started.

I personally found I’m good at it if it’s a simple job, normal easy walls, but hire out if its 2-story height, painting cabinetry, wood windows etc as they are a all a big pain.

We are working hard to make DealMachine the absolute best tool to assist your driving for dollars and get you more deals.A little update:1) Related to bugs - we have had some growing pains this summer!