As far as I knew you just dry out the wood and treat it, I did this in a kitchen on one of my rentals, I cleaned the studs with vinegar and treetop oil by hand twice, then afterwards treated with the anti-mold product from Home Depot (forgot the name) then painted it with BIN primer, I haven't had any issues.

I'm not anti-making money, but anti-scamming, so be careful if you get a better price make sure it is paid in the down so that the property will appraise out in the future as needed, you can take a better price premium off the front end, just don't finance it.Best way to make money is to buy right, not charge more to unsuspecting niave buyers and financing the deal.

There seems to be a real anti-entity bias here at BP; I find that difficult to swallow sometimes.

Go with the better return in the end or what fits your lifestyle instead of taking advice from such an anti HOA absolutist.

In turn, they proposed AB 1771, the ‘California Housing Speculation Act,” which is intended to increase affordable housing.This is not just an anti-flipping measure.  

The idea with diversification is to make your business model anti-fragile.

The solution is getting gift statements from your relatives, but that's just more paperwork and who wants more paperwork...If its all legit, you shouldn't worry about various US anti-laundering laws, etc (CONSULT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL or two). 

I am not anti in person training in any way my wife was a trainer for Floyd Wickman in the day..

I know when I bought my PDX rental portfolio it was all sub too from about 2000 to 2008 before the anti skimming laws came into effect..

College is not like it was 30 or 40 years ago when you got a marketable job, it costs way too much (no ROI), takes up your time when you should be learning to become an adult and they fill you with anti success pablum.After a few successes in investing, you will know what you need for education, if anything, and then go to college to your heart's content.