You know the answer well but are looking for a healthy discussion.

Make sure to get it installed with a 3-way bypass so that even if you remove the filter, you can still have water to the apartment by turning on the bypass valves.US EPA requires city water companies to have 1 ppm of chlorine concentration at the consumers faucet so that there is no danger from waterborne microorganisms.

Driving for dollars and handwriting letters is very time consuming.

Basically; there are loans for consumers looking to buy and hold a real estate dwelling as a "rental home" for the long term.

I have a healthy mix of LTR's that allow we to weather a potential STR storm.

Assuming you have the drive, capability and desire to be more of active investor/player this is what I would do if I had $10,000 to start out.I would first get really really good at underwriting deals …and then find a property that has a 25% amount of equity upside in the deal day one and also a combination of healthy cash flow that can support the property DAY 1!!!.

I'm a healthy young man, in great shape and didn't really struggle with it.

However, this means forfeiting the potential future appreciation of your current property and could entail a time-consuming process of finding suitable replacement properties.

It is a time consuming process but if you hit on one it is worth it.

Hi Gary, Finding reputable contractors can be time-consuming and difficult.