So you better have various insurance companies there to fight the claim so you don't have to hire your own lawyer.10) If you are mortgaged on the property, your lender will require hazard and liability on the property itself.11)  How many more rentals do you plan to get, as that will figure into the equation and how quickly?

The Banks will look to your personal financial capability.  

If you do not think he/she is capable of answering the questions - you may want to reach out to another accountant who can answer your questions.

His pursuit of my $3000 overtook the lack of common sense in giving a brand new investor or newbie $750,000 and saying to him go forth with my money and do great and wonderful things that I just know you are capable of.

A seller in a hot market with a correctly priced house will simply tell you to make up the difference, fight the appraisal, or walk from the deal when you try to lower your offer.My house sold for $240k and appraised.

I know you cannot predict everything but  just have mindset to do not give up and fight through it all and try to have back up plan if possible.

The neighborhood is pleasant, except we have a next door home wherein 2-3 families are living in , the property is unkempt to say the least, usually someone is arguing and or fighting in the home, place reeks of marijuana and they have 3-4 dogs and 1 of the dogs they can't really control.Not sure if I'm being too overly cautious but I feel I can't in good conscience rent my home to another family knowing all I know with the nextdoor neighbor.Should I start from scratch and sell the house and buy a new property or keep and rent the house and buy a new property?

Pretty practical project management and risk management stuff you will be familiar with based on your military service.Go achieve your dreams.Thanks for the service, keep up the good fight for freedom.

I'm currently using AmRent for credit and criminal checks and they claim to have a manual eviction search capability but I haven't used that component yet.

A long-time resident at where I'm now living told me when a previous owner (that went bankrupt) started accepting HUD tenants, "that's when the drugs came in" (I wasn't living here then to be able to confirm this assertion, but I have no reason to doubt it).The same reaction happens in business ("street fighting" and "lifeboat ethics").