Hey Denny - For rehab costs, a good place to start is breaking things down room by room and getting rough estimates for common repairs like the roof, HVAC, kitchen, light cosmetics, etc.

Basically common contract or agreement law.

Many Airbnb guests will want common utilities unless it is in a remote are where you go as a sot to sleep while hiking the area. 

., longer-term, amortized, require escrow, commonly modified b/c of prepayments, etc.)? 

After a year or two we intend to buy a larger property in the same area and partner with some friends on it but I do believe a boots on the ground person employed only by you is KEY to executing anything if you are not in the country yourself.

I’ve worked for some group home providers where they employ a maintenance worker who handles some of these issues (usually if the have multiple homes in a specific geographic location) and I’ve worked for homes where the handiest employee fixes things and that option doesn’t always have the best outcomes.

Is a shared bathroom common or should we add more?

This is a very common issue in parts of Milwaukee and I have done lots of basement reinforcing on our rentals.

High 6s to mid 7s is more realistic for the most common deals (70%+ LTV).Also, the FFR doesnt really directly impact mortgage rates.

While it’s common for PMs to switch utilities to avoid service interruptions, the mistake was not monitoring the usage or cutting power to unnecessary areas once the tenant overstayed.