Congrats, @Sam Rust, on the impressive execution of your goal in such a short amount of time relative to that monster deal size.

He warned me that it was a monster rehab but he thought it could be done with the crew that he uses for his rehabs for no more than 100k.

They become this fiend, this villain that could destroy you and is probably the hardest phase of all the phases.It is during the MOVING PHASE, that you must be cool, have all your wits about you and be prepared, yet still be cordial so as not to enraged the monster that seems to be lurking in your Tenant during the MOVING PHASE (as there is NO ANTIDOTE to calm the savage beast once it takes form).

Find a lender who feels more like a teammate than just some robot who is a part of the process. 

Either way, if it works while you're living in it, it will be a cash flow monster when you move out and get the other side rented.It might not be the best analysis for a traditional rental, but you're not traditional renting, you're househacking.

I recently decided to create my own letter to market with but could not decide if it was more important to get the point across and not seem so much like a robotic dialogue or have it be professional with a border and logo etc..

http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Robyn-Thompson-Real-Estate/nationwide/Robyn-Thompson-Real-Estate-Guru-steals-money-internet-Nationwide-919779 http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Robyn-Thompson-Sadim-Homebuyers/nationwide/Robyn-Thompson-Sadim-Homebuyers-stealing-lying-cheating-deceptive-fraud-poor-info-223808 This one is particularly interesting... http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Monster-Rentals/internet/Monster-Rentals-Robyn-Thompson-vacanciesbyrobyngmailcom-My-studio-is-being-advertised-999383

@Luke Petrozza  I've seen many techniques used by investors, everything from using actual robots to hand write yellow letters to having letters hand delivered via UPS or FedEx to ensure the mail will be open and read.

As far as insects and pest, spray your house with google, on a product with the ingredient pyrethine, it is a monster and on a routine basis you spray this and no problems.

It was a monster rehab, took 14 months.