Wish there was a better way than all of these add on automations but this is definitely nicer than the old fashioned hard copy book that gets gross after a couple of guests touch it.

But I'm confused/curious as to why this Electrical Contr is so willing to burn bridges over couple of grand, is he just stupid?

We're looking for possible next moves including doing a 1031 to a lower prop tax state into a couple of newer SF units or possibly a multi-family opportunity.

That average person given limited access to a property is not going to have the experience required to know what to look for.Yes, i would have a couple of your most trustworthy contractors with you when you walk the property and i'd film the walkthrough / take as many photos as you can.With a full hour you can easily assess most of what would be needed to account for 

@Madhuri Gupta we have nothing good to say about them after they contacted us and we did business with them for a couple of months. 

Do you need all this for a couple of rentals?

The Trustee of the REIT can buy and sell properties within the REIT without triggering a capital gain event to you as the investor, however, this flexibility also allows the operators to potentially add properties to your investment portfolio that may expose you to risks or asset classes you were previously unaware of.There are a couple of sponsors I am aware of that carve individual properties out of the REIT, into a DST, then pull them back into the REIT at a significant mark-up to the DST investor.

Hopefully only a couple of weeks till it's up and running.

Typically those are shorter stays as they are doing something for a couple months vs staying for the entire semester or year.

@Eugene Lubman, There's a couple different considerations here.