We had dinner, where I got all the info to feel comfortable to start investing in other markets.

Cheap fix and makes the house so much more comfy year round -> lower turn over rate, and an average turn over costs us about 5k, so well worth to invest in your tenant's comfort.

For a typical rental of mine, I will use LVP in the living room and maybe dining room (public areas of the house).

Yes, I am making sure that the loan officer I am comfortable with the loan officer I am working with and they are open about everything.

And even the half baths that I added only went in when there was clearly a space for it that made sense.While you will probably get some credit for it in both rent and ARV, if you put it in a "weird" place, like right off the living room, dining room, or kitchen, you will not get the full credit others may get when they put it on a hallway.  

@John Mezzoni I always put 20% down, it’s my comfort zone for keeping enough equity and hopefully payments low enough to leave some cash flow.

The first thing I noticed is that his dining room window was wide open and his curtain was blowing from the outside wind.  

So many that I've spoken with haven't made me feel comfortable enough to hand the reigns over to them.

I have a property that is a 2/1 and can comfortably sleep 4, but because of city guidelines I can only advertise a 3 Max Occ.

I think it really comes down to what you are comfortable with but I don't think background check, credit card check, etc on top of a signed lease (and even small security deposit) is unreasonable for an MTR.