Just re-arrange the footprint. 

Am a point of selling the one I just rehabbed and looking for more opportunities....can we arrange a meet up to shard ideas?

Hello, I'm a beginner in real estate, who is working part time arranging rentals for families and bachelors.

I am strongly considering opening a Self Administered, Self Directed i401k so that one of the investment vehicles can be - you guessed it - real estate notes and mortgages.With that said, I don't want to preclude myself from having a brokerage account to hold cash and hopefully earn some money in the stock market when I don't have the money lent in real estate.My question is this:  Do the brokerages (IE: Fidelity, etc), understand this arrangement?  

I know the canned response is something along the lines of ''read the CCR of the HOA", but in your experience, are these Associations focused on these things or just keeping the flowers to the entryway of the neighborhood looking good?

Tenants are extremely hard on appliances, it is not uncommon.Landlord Responsibilities: Landlord will at all times during the tenancy keep the premises fit for human habitation, and shall in particular:a.Cultivate, care for and mow surrounding grass, lawn, flowers, and shrubberyb.Maintain the premises to substantially comply with any applicable code, statue, ordinance, or regulation governing the premisec.Maintain the roof, floors, walls, foundations, and all other structural components in reasonable good repair as to be usable and capable of resisting normal loadsd.Keep any shared or common areas reasonable clean, sanitary, and safe from defects increasing the hazards of fire or accidente.Provide a reasonable program for the control of infestation by insects, rodents, and other pests at move in f.Except where the condition is attributable to normal wear and tear, make repairs and arrangements necessary to put and keep the premises in as good condition as at move ing.Provide reasonably adequate locks and provide keys to the tenanth.Maintain all electrical, plumbing (main lines), heating, and other facilities and appliances supplied by Landlord in reasonably good working orderi.Maintain the unit in reasonably weather tight conditionj.Provide facilities adequate to supply heat and water and hot water as reasonably required by the tenant

Don't fool yourself into thinking every investment home in the portfolio was full of unicorns and flowers. 

I am living out of state due to work, but am in the process of acquiring a new property in my home state for the purpose of 1) temporary living arrangement, due to possible relocation back to home state, and 2) eventual long-term rental property as this one will cashflow very well.

We call them every morning to ask what time they will be there and arrange someone to let them in.

Generally what you have to do is arrange to refinance the loan prior to the balloon payment coming due.For example, we have a commercial loan on a 14 unit property.