I'm Jenny's partner and I witness it first hand on a very regular basis.

If you find that you need to replace cabinet boxes, home depot sells unfinished birch that paints much nicer than the oak cabinets available at menards or lowes (oak can have tannins leak through and yellow the paint if not properly prepped if you use regular paint).

In general, it is always good to look at the taxable value every year for your property while you still own it when the tax statement comes.If you feel you can support a lower taxable value with sold comparables that are like your property nearby, then it is worth your time to try to dispute the value.It is true there is a very short timeframe to schedule a time to go in and dispute the taxable value with your local property tax assessor usually and the deadline is printed on the annual tax statement.The reality is real estate does not always go up in value.To your success!

You need an accountant and tax consultant and a real estate expert to sit down and put the houses in order of their value vs. their cash flow if you and your mom do not plan to go back to regular jobs.

Regular reconciliation of accounts and maintaining a clear separation between personal and business finances is crucial.

It might work for LTRs but not for STRs.Your best bet is to keep a good maintenance fund ready to go to cover repairs.The most important thing is regular maintenance.

Think A-frames and chalets over the regular ranch stye homes.

Upon termination of LSI, they are now charging me  CANCELLATION FEES which are equal to the regular monthly Prop Mgmt fees (8%)  for the remainder off EACH lease. 

I know my Nest-E does NOT have this function while my regular Nest does. 

It also regularly puts out deals at low 65% or less LTV, and high 10%+ skin in the game/co-investment etc.They market under 506B so are prohibited from posting publicly on the Internet and instead function by referrals.