More on this later.Bathroom floor is soft in a few spots.

It is soft and porous, unlike the porcelain, and requires being sealed periodically, which your tenants will not do.

I'm wondering if soft close cabinet/drawers vs normal make a big difference in the resale value.

And some good points raised about finding the right balance between being 'too soft' and getting taken advantage of and still doing some good...Exciting, thank you!

And someone has to be putting your hard cost and soft cost budgets together to make sure the deal actually works financially, concurrently with getting your land disturbance and building permits approved.I'd say on the average new apartment deal I've been involved with the developer has invested about $800K over a 9-12 month timeframe from signing the contract to buy the property to closing on the loan.I'm not familiar with the Orlando market, but metro Atlanta is going crazy with apartments right now.  

I know, I'm too soft-hearted for this business, but I'm becoming less so, trust me.  

Let's humoristically call it "How to effectively graduate from the School of Hard Knocks University: the soft and hard tracks".Some numbers (rounded):All rents combined, the property is operating at $5000Mortgage/PITI: $4500Common utilities all paid by owner (single electric and gas meters on the entire property): $500Conclusion: as a result of his ongoing house-hack experiment, the income matches the expenses.Milestone complete.

Thus when someone who doesn't qualify based on the criteria you have set still wants to view the property it's a little easier to say that you must follow the criteria set by the "company".In the past I was more soft hearted and allowed more wiggle room with things like income criteria (at least 3 times the rent) and credit history (i.e., collections) and by doing so, I was often bitten in a tender spot in my anatomy.  

I think this soft month and the coming winter (snow on older roofs = no bueno) got me a little jumpy

However, now $1 will only buy a soft drink and an equivalent meal would be around $7.