So now I'm really racking my brain on the best way to assume my expenses.I'm trying to determine the best assumptions to use for really the main 4:CapExMaintenancePMVacancy

I am going through the phase of gobbling up information from podcast/blog/forums and I am kind of started to be on auto-pilot at home and sometimes at dinner parties as I am thinking of REI at the back of my mind (it sometimes sucks but I guess it’s part of the process).The only experience I have in real estate is - owning my primary residence = "asset" and probably the thousand miles I racked up on MileIQ just visiting properties, driving for dollars meeting other people etc.I am interested in primarily buy and hold SFRs and probably in flipping few SFRs as I go to pay my rentals off or reinvest.I was thinking of organizing a meetup in Columbus for the sake of me and all the newbies in Columbus.

There is no telling whether they will purposely take their time doing the job just to rack up on hours.

Hey Fay, it's a bit murky, but according to an article by the American Society of Civil Engineers, "The ordinance applies to all soft-first-story wooden buildings—exclusive of those built for solely residential purposes and containing three or fewer units—and all wooden buildings built to building code standards that were enacted before 1978."

I'd never pay a wooden nickle for anything like that.  

If the racks have rusted, you can buy time with a vinyl paint called Uber Goop.

Also be aware the vacationers expect a hotel like environment and the higher end you go, the more amenities and service they will expect.  24-7 maintenance is an issue and they will call you or hopefully your property mgmnt company if the towel rack becomes dislodged.  

Here are some before/after pics of what I did (I forgot to take before pics of the finished unit so including before pics of the mirror-image second unit I'm working on now):(took out a wall to make it appear larger, enlarged the kitchen to add dishwasher, chalkboard wall, built-in counter-height table and put a sliding barn door on closet)(added pallet wood accent wall, aluminum backsplash, built-in wine rack, deep sink with industrial faucet and stainless doors on upper cupboards)(replaced tub with large stand-up tiled shower and shower head with body jets)(added a pallet wood accent wall to the larger bedroom)(added a coffee sack accent wall to the smaller bedroom)

It's a bit nerve racking, so I'm just curious how experienced investors calculate values of deals so fast.

Waiting till the last day to pay all my bills and racking up 1k in credit rewards dollars annually with zero in interest paid.