Someone called me today (probably his wife) and said Preston has been trying so hard to clean up his image and was upset by this post.

I saw a post yesterday on twitter where someone said Real Estate with interest rates where they are at is a bad investment.

@Stacey OlsonRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

IRS is saying you cannot combine hours.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

I thought the posting said 3 unit but my realtor gave me the paper work on it.

As I read your post, the reoccurring theme that came up was a screening problem. 

Not an advocate or an affiliate of Kavi but just to add to the previous posts here.

Combining HELOC and private funding is also viable.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

hard money is typically: some amount down + points to get the loan + interest to service itso if purchase price is $325K, you might be able to get 10-15% down from your own cash + the HML for the restit's not clear from your post what is going where

Looked at salt water but found as the above posts discuss, there wasn't in actuality, less maintenance (just a different set of issues) and end of day, chlorine was still being used (even if a smaller amount).