The front door had been left unlocked, which Patterson described as “creepy,” and it was dirty and filled with furniture that looked like it had been picked up off the street.

Remember, financial independence is within reach, and house-hacking might just be the key to unlock it.

When taken in its entirety on a basic level, delusional self-rationalization and irrelevant links to Wikipedia definitions of abandonment and adverse possession aside, this isn’t any different from the common Craig’s List “ghost listing” (the scam where the perpetrator copies a listing that isn’t theirs, gets access to the property from a lockbox code or through a window that they unlocked earlier from the inside during a showing or an open house, then shows the unit to prospective tenants who replied to the fake version of the listing.

If you are sure that you have a good deal that will cash flow, keep the debt and do not tie up your money in equity, remember equity is cash that is locked in a vault that you cannot open without either selling the asset or getting debt to unlock it.Regards,Allen Fletcher

I Am cash flowing day 1, unlocking equity day 1 and have the right fundamentals 

Fixing an prior owner's poor management and unlocking value is a major key in RE investing. 

I have two sets of sheets and towels for each clean, in case a quick clean is needed.I recommend having items like “lock the door”, as I’ve encountered doors left unlocked/not fully closed by guests before that. 

Each tenant has their own key that unlocks their door.

Instead, your losses are carried forward into future years, until your property is sold or some other event unlocks these losses.The problem is that very often these PAL rules are described as blocking depreciation at the $150k income level.

This means when you do want to get credit, you may need to temporarily unlock your credit.The above steps don’t provide guarantees and are not comprehensive or exhaustive, but collectively they can substantially lessen risk.