In allot of cases insurance is simply a waste of money, If your renter is wise with how money works and doesn't have much value in his personal possessions then self insuring/no renters insurance would make the most sense.

Once she is out, change the locks, make sure the utilities are paid up, deduct any damages & lawyers fees you are owed, return the rest of her security deposit within the legally allotted time.

There are other reasons (takes time for groups to approve funding the larger the allotment, Old School investment mindset keeps them in Wall St. etc.), but I hope this is a helpful start.

I live in Hollister CA so this will definitely be out of my comfort zone to invest so far away but I've read the books and listened to the podcasts so I feel like it's very doable as allot of you have proven!

Can usually allot 5-10% vacancy factor and same for maintenance.9) Class B usually also okay, but needs more attention from owner and/or PMC.

@Anand S.Buying less but I still see deals beating the 1% rule 10% cocroi, 7%+ cap rate, etcAn interesting fact, the market goes up allot more often then it goes down.

Can we use another VA loan for the next You can have two VA loans as long as the total of the loans does not exeed your allotment amount.

Zillow quits while their ahead.In reality I think they realize they went too fast and hard into this and burned through allot of investors money and need to get some of it back by selling the huge inventory they've created.They try again next year a little wiser and probably will just lose less money. 3-5 years from now they might have a system developed that can turn a profit at this but it could also sink them if they get stuck bag holding in a recession.

Can usually allot 5-10% vacancy factor and same for maintenance.9) Class B usually also okay, but needs more attention from owner and/or PMC.

@Nathan LegerThis is allot of work, as someone that started last year and I'm now upto 3 properties and 9 units this is ALLOT of work.