If you can include him on simple things regarding real estate that would be good(Not sure what exactly you have cooking in REI).

There are banks that do non-recourse loans to IRA's, a simple google search should render you some results. 2) If you are still working for the government, you likely can't rollover the TSP to an IRA. 3) When borrowing money with the IRA, you do have a special tax, called UBIT, not a deal breaker, but something to be aware of. 

I didn't, and the people at Eagle Rock, who approved permits and necessary utility connections, were not very cooperative, which made the process more stressful than it had to be.I've seen lots listed on Zillow and the Aggressive Real Estate web site. 

It's been simple and reliable. 

Simple.

Its really simple.

I find that some sites have better calendars than others.

So I would go on different sites like Roomster, FB marketplace, and similar sites like that to see what people are renting rooms out for.

The best will often ask for nothing until they set foot on the jobsite and really start with site set-up and demo. 

Simply deducting prorated rent from the deposit is simple and clean and hard for them to argue since they communicated this schedule to you and that the property wouldn't be ready to turn over to you until the cleaners were complete.