I’ve been burned before so I’m extra cautious this time around.

They have the added benefit of not hurting the pocketbook too.I've learned more and more that it's possible to get burned following strictly these rules, it's good to hear that we have to maybe pull back on these in an effort to at least secure a first house.I'm in complete agreeance that i need to get my feet wet and mostly look to learn (i just wish it didn't come at such a high price, but too bad eh?) 

Like upgraded electrical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, plumbing, ADA, etc...Where this comes into play is if say a tenant of one apartment unit sets his unit on fire, burns it up and now you have to go in to rebuild his unit. 

Make sure you have good insurance in case she burns down the house.

I don’t want to pay any commission either but I don’t want to just drop our agent and burn any bridges.

You don't want to relax your standards and end up getting burned with a costly eviction down the road. 

Sometimes people tend to think that all military members are saints, and won't possibly do anything to burn them. 

Burn them.

Addressing the problems is like trying to put out small individual fires in a forest that is burning.

C) So with your income and I assume net worth, you don't want to burn through those borrowing a small (to you) amount of money.