Some folks want to focus on AirBnB and other short term type rentals; the 1% rule doesn't translate for that.  

Chances are the water company just came up to the meter and unlocked their valve, then noticed their wasn't a gate valve on the house side of the meter, after 30 gallons was sent through the meter they shut off the water to ensure they didn't flood any area of the property and determined that you need a gate valve and that translated to "you need a plumber to bring the property up to code" rather than saying "you are missing a gate valve on the house side of the water meter, code requires it".

@Eric WalletYou should tell us which state because every state is different..Bill of Sale should be notarized by both parties at the same timeIn Ohio it's usually title being transferred..Bill of Sale is used if somehow title is old and lost on translation..When your dealing with mortgages I would hire an attorney to close the deal..

. - if most of the stock you'll be looking at is colonial construction with 1500 sq ft, use that as the basis of your questions).Know every price for that house and then see how it translates to different houses by adjusting up or down according to the various housing stock you may encounter in your area.Determining the vintage of the current components in a house can help.  

Then I hear by 2025, 40% of the work force will be freelance and/or work from home...translation....no need for commercial space.

At the moment I'm at 5 pages and it hasn't even been through a lawyer yet to translate it all correctly.The question is, how many rules is too much?

stock is more riskier than real estate. so 6% real estate return is not bad considering the risk is low and if you take into account depreciation and other things then there is no taxes on this income as well for long term holds. so it translates into anywhere from 8% to 12% return based upon the current income bracket and the state you leave in. definitely better then keeping money in bank and earning pennies. 

Looking at the data is very important...but being out and operating in the market place will give you a knowledge that the data just can not translate.

Doing without does not in any way translate to suffering.

We do value add, so we think people like to watch the property transform and hear how that translates to increased NOI.As you know hold time varies from deal do deal.