I'm surprised you've been doing it all from CA!

The combo of being both the originator and the decision maker and the need to grow from for their investors certainly will be a hard thing to manage and even if it works out ok here I would be surprised if someone doesn't mismanage it somewhere.

I would be surprised if you found many rehabbers in boston that troll this site looking for a lender.. or at least that would meet your requirements I suspect you already have those targeted and like  most of us in the business today we spend most of our time supporting KNOWN players to us.. instead of trying to cast a huge wide net and or train newer folks.

Second, how do you avoid surprise tax increases, or is that just a part of the risks?

You will be surprised at how many investors are willing to freely and gladly share all that they've painstakingly learnt through the years to newbies like me and others.

I was surprised to read this today...up 76%??!  

I was surprised at how willing smaller banks are to financing commercial this year.  

Is there anything I can do in the mean time, so that when the 30th day rolls around im not caught by surprise?

I think many people were expecting and predicting a large shakeout, so that isn't much of a surprise.

Size of home ROI and purchase cost.I am surprised you can install counter top alone.