It is so interesting to see how people structure their businesses and how they evolve over time. 

For me, I use a variety of methods to help combat parties such as:> External video cameras>30 and older rule to book property and families only>No parties specific rule in contract along with maximum allowable persons in home at any time>Stay in touch with my neighbors so they can be my second set of eyes on the place>I use Evolve so they cover up to $3000 in any damage and they will go after the guest's credit card if further funds are required. 

Importantly design and spec is a service that I sell to other customers.

For an introvert-shy-engineer type like myself it was an education and required learning to be more comfortable operating well out of my shell.There are real risks of self managing,  and these are getting more pronounced, especially in some "blue" areas where the definition of discrimination and what constitutes 'fair housing practices' is evolving and getting more complex, subtle, and subjective.  

After buying my first property I quickly found that I was ready to buy more properties and instead of just "getting" to retirement it has evolved into wanting to retire from my employee job to become financially free.

This will evolve over time as I learn more, but want to provide this to hold myself accountable and transparent. 

I have tried Evolve but they seem to lack on getting back on their requests.

I looked into these the capital expense of buying them is about 10 times that of a comp roof.takes amny years to recoup.. i am thinking though of using them on a 2 mil spec I am doing.I also own 2 Teslas' and love the company and the car..

We've all had some input in this thread as to what those are, but honestly no one knows until it happens.My strategy has evolved from that FHA scheme I mentioned above, into buying land, building commercial space, and running my own business out of them.

Here's part of the information, and may not be all that applies: "An emotional support animal is an animal (typically a dog or cat though this can include other species) that provides a therapeutic benefit to its owner through companionship.