The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

Use the information you gain to narrow your focus for what is working for your market.Most importantly, if something is working well for the folks you see here or on the podcast, but it doesn't work for you, don't despair.

You can even share your link to the property or market you're considering and let folks weigh in in real time.

The property is 3B1B and I plan to add an extra bathroom it 3B2B.

0 Chance.Cmon, pay for insurance or just don't own real estate.Trying to gain an extra 2-3% ROI and risk your entire principal is just stupid.Don't be cheap, get insurance.

That mental switch allowed us to find a great 2-family house-hack opportunity in Bayonne, NJ, and also led me to an amazing career change -- I've been a full-time NJ Realtor for 2.5 years now and have helped many BiggerPockets folks find their first house-hacks -- a good % coming from NYC.  

Single Room Occupancy (SRO) or PadSplit / CoLiving are able to make a ton of income, especially if you modify the house with a couple extra bedrooms. 

As mentioned if the holding company is not solely holding or owning assets together funneling monies as a loan would further complicate if there is a default but also cause you to file extra tax returns = $...Yes you are taxed on interest income or any money that you make, does not matter how you structure it, what comes into play is not how much your taxed but how much you pay someone to figure out for you how much you need to pay and each layer is an added cost. 

Most people who buy 2+1 and think they can use the third and get busted on that, end up renting the bonus unit to the top or bottom unit as extra space, but that is a loss on what would be unit rent by more than half.

On a fixed mortgage, i could pay extra payments (or a one time lump sum payment) and apply it towards principal.