Make sure the descriptions and guide book on your listing are fabulous.

In over 22 years of landlording, we have never met a smoker who didn't eventually smoke indoors once the weather turned bad, in spite of our no-smoking policy.We impose a $50 fee every time we catch someone smoking on our property (inside or outside) or have sufficient evidence to ferret out a confession.

As you can see they work for next to nothing so do the M-F 9 to 5 thing.I met a newer client this Saturday for lunch but I was close by running some other errands.

Can you learn (give a one sentence description) the ones you don't.

This is a one-pager that has a few photos and descriptions of the property, for Craigslist, BP, local RE Club, Facebook marketing, once you have the property under contract.

It sounds from your description that it is.However, because you also do personal activities in the room (play games on your desktop), it doesn't sound like this would pass the "exclusive use" rule.Playing the games on your laptop in a different room would likely qualify the room as "exclusive use" as a home office.Also note that in the future if you take this deduction, there is a simplified method you can use to reduce the records you have to keep - just multiply the square footage of the office by $5 (if it is under 300 total square feet).

I have met a few investors who have spent cash on properties that they just picked off the list and Google Earth'd it for due diligence (kill yourself if you do this).   

And to your last sentence, I'm not sure there is a workaround to avoid mortgage lending rules, especially if your loan is to a borrower who is also occupying the home (given how sensitive the CFPB is with owner-occupied loans).Sorry for the segue...https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/whats-the-...Abel the description above by Shiloh makes zero sense as you know.. a mortgage and DT are the same thing just different names basically and a note is either secured or NOT secured... can't be both  LOL  ugh BP sometimes some really bad info floats around here.

I have met so many people through places like Bigger Pockets that were local to my area (even met a colleague once from another state who reached out to have coffee when he was traveling into the area). 

This is a prime example of being able to give back... you will continue to receive payments and their basic needs will be met as well.