To pick just one of those items and call it "investing" is not understanding the element of time/energy coefficient.

Their "Selena" which is foreclosed by Arbor is in east houston near ship channel and definitely in "theHood", their "Sophia" is in Greenspoint aka "Guns-point" and you can't get food delivered there without a police escort.

Most lenders will request the following items to see if you qualify: 1.

Interest on that mortgage was a personal itemized deduction on Schedule A. 

As far as the land itself goes utilities are most likely going to be your biggest due diligence item.

We include the cost of all the smart tech we want installed that the homeowner keeps, safety items we require in each property, and the items/signs we use to "brand" the home to our company, as well as our time setting up the listings, pricing, guidebooks, auto messaging, cleaning up the supply closets, kitchens, etc.

Yes  buyers agents will make less , when you are hungry you will do what you need to to put food on the table .

The move out scope of work produced by PM missed tons of important items: such as garage door damage, cigarette damage, etc.

If the HVAC was only 3-5 years old, I probably wouldn't think it was going out and maybe not have as much cash saved for it, but if it was 20-25 years old I would think it will die soon I better be prepared.You just need to take a look at your properties, understand the risk profile of each in terms of when certain CapEx items might need replacing, and decide if that is the risk profile you are comfortable with.

The only items to really worry about are the slightly higher fees and PPP periods on the loan.