As you can guess there are unusual circumstances and I was hoping to avoid a lawyer due to bad previous experience.

If 1 bathroom that's not good, you're trying to rent a 3/1 and it should be significantly discounted as anyone with three people will expect 1 bathrooms.If 3/2 good, but rooms need to be at least normal size, not unusually small and layout needs to be decent (not weird).If 1 bathroom or unusually small rooms, you should significantly discount your rate to attract decent prospects. 

In the event of an unusual or surprise project (such as an IRS audit), that is an additional fee.  

Hope you have time to explain a bit more as this sounds like a very unusual case.

They tend to be unusually demanding, and just like the example of basement apartments attracting a strange type, this type of payment seems to indicate the same thing.  

.* Conventional loan - 20% down* Conventional loan for investment property - 25% down* FHA - 3.5% down* VA - 0% down* Portfolio loan (for folks with unusual income, assets, etc.) - 40% downUpen PatelMortgage Banker

Overall, Insulation is very cheap for an attic (except in unusual construction situations).

In your case, one of the 3 things must have happened:you had an unusual case where you did qualify, despite W2 (but most people won't!)

I am not a tax professional and the RE in question is commercial real estate so certainly not my realm of expertise at all, but if OP has residential mortgages in their future (personal residence, etc) this would look highly unusual.

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