I'd love to meet up wit you if you're ever in town.

Adding to #4, you can take it to the bank that you will be less healthy, less mobile, less alert, less quick witted (even if wiser), probably more worn down when you are 65 than you are now.

my sarcastic wit?  

I help him out wit landscaping cleans ups , dryer safety switch to the door broke and light plumbing like faucet elbow leaking or vacancy i would help with painting and clean ups small stuff but i think im capable of mananging it all myself it doesnt seem that complicated.

I don't have a particular story to tell, but here's a summary of the top challenges I've read from others here on the blog and witnessed from my military real estate clients:1)  Trying to use the 50% rule or any of the other " investment rules of thumb" when using your VA loan benefit to house-hack a multifamily.  

Given Zillow are the self-confessed ‘leading real estate marketplace’ with a market cap of $4.9B, and arguably the largest pool of data available to them; you’d think that the algorithms associated with the Zestimate would bring the percentage tolerance a little closer to that of its actual market value, and not the disparity we regularly witness.

If you have your contractor as a witness, and a little free time you should have no problem winning...no legal advice given.

I'm at my wit's end with these people and it's only been 2 weeks into a one year lease.

Hi BP,I recently went to a foreclosure sale and witnessed a beneficiary put a bid way above the starting price.

Luckily I brought a witness.