How much is typically asked as far as a down payment?

As far as negotiating commissions: you get what you pay for just like anything else in life. 

As far as I know whatever the rent is for that unit will remain the same and small increases of 1% or so a year are common.

I appreciate all the knowledge drops here and this is one of the reasons BP is so great. 

It doesn't have a basement, and I can't say how descent the crawl space is, so I really don't know how accessible that area is. 

Texas is as big as Europe, every market is so different!

Who do you guys use for your rental portfolio as far as insurance and are you finding that the insurance company are doing inspections after you insure and purchase the property only to have them request repairs or change deductibles on certain things they deem higher risk?

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AS far as cost goes I think they are still running the $49 in exchange for video testimony deal.

As an example, in our area, we could get you a single-zone installed for as little as $1,339 for a 12,000 BTU system and about $1,950 for a 24,000 BTU system.As far as dependability goes, mini splits can last 20 or more years as well.