Thanks−Chris Birk Veterans United Edward2 months ago@Edward: Thanks for writing.

When you found violations, did you document them in writing, give the tenant a deadline for correction, inspect to verify compliance, and use consequences for continued violations?

You can write guest articles on other sites, and have one link back to your site.

In my experience, once the men know that I am the one who writes the checks, their attitude improves remarkably.

You have a talent for writing.

I could write a book but I think they're outdated. 

If that is the role you are looking to file I'd think you would be paying between 5-10% of project cost.If you are actually looking for this PM to hire subs, write contracts, schedule, order materials...essentially acting as a GC....I would expect you to be paying between 15-25% of the project costs.I can't speak specifically to your market, but those are some ball park percentages based on my experience here in Chicago.

The contractor is basically doing a home inspection and then writing up an estimate .

Some real quick items here:VA Loans are for Primary HomesYou can use VA Loans for 1-4 unit properties (House Hacking)VA Loans have 0% downpayment (most of the time)You can have more than 1 VA loan (some people don't know that)VA Loans do carry a "funding fee" which is like a little "tax" to write the loan, but it is waived if you are a disabled veteran.VA Loans do not have PMI (and that's a huge benefit for us)VA Loans also have a very streamlined refinance feature (called a VA IRRRRL) which makes it super easy to refinance if rates were to fall (hopefully that will occur in the future)VA Loans can also be used by a surviving spouse.The VA may not give us the best health benefits but they can certainly get us into debt!

You are likely going to have to spend more time helping your mom and better to enjoy the quality time you have left with your dad.Go through each property and write out what it brings in, expenses, etc and rank them as to the one you want to get rid of first.