This was not like taking out a regular mortgage, There were all sorts of hoops to jump through and tons of extra paperwork to fill out but my Realtor and Lender made the process easy!

.- Im thinking of not charging security deposit because of all the strict MA laws and just using the last months rent as a sort of security deposit, thoughts?

I've purchased a few units online and they don't require any sort of licensing. 

Is it possible for me to go straight to a utilities company, for instance, and ask for verification for this sort of thing?

It’s the worst.

Double closes, and all sorts of weird stuff we've always used Old Tampa Bay Title. 

The protections which I would assume were made with acompassionate eye toward venerable renters backfired and brought outthe worst behavior from many tenants and have caused smallerlandlords to pull their properties from the market .

At the same time, the number of companies expecting to downsize has dropped to 37%, the lowest since 2021.This change could signal that the worst of the downsizing trend is behind us.

I don't see that the license or certifications are helping people sort out the good from the bad there either.

I (sort of) understand your insistence on deflecting conversations of alternative investments in the other forums since 95% of the debate is about taking a second position HELOC to move the debt to a different vehicle and accelerating the pay down.