My biggest issue with this appraisal is that he used a fixer upper that had recently been foreclosed on and a short sale as comps for a nicely remodeled home, when there are numerous remodeled sales in the neighborhood selling for $60,000 - $70,000 more.  

I've been interested in real estate investing(particularly buy and hold for cash flow) for some time, but always been hesitant to jump in.I've read numerous books, listened to almost 100 BP podcasts, been to some local REIA meetings, but I've yet to pull the trigger on anything.

Especially if you have mature trees on the property, you'd want to inspect lines that were that age if you were keeping the property.If sewer line problems were a common occurrence in the neighborhood and having had them checked could be used as a selling feature, great.In other words, no, don't do it.

AvivaIQ works through AirBnB messaging only.I also looked into http://guesty.com which is much more than a message automation tool and has some robust property management features it seems but costs between 3%-5% of your booking.

This site has so many features that you can use to learn.

After that there is usually a featured speaker on an important topic.

These types of jobs or professions have many things in common I'm sure.Not only do you have a high degree of technical proficiency with numerous protocols but there is almost an "art" to employ the proper action and do so in, not just a timely manner, but very quickly, in an instant. 

I understand in some jurisdictions, window screens, door screens, and porch screens may be required, but if not, then remove that feature.

Zillow has a neat feature that will show homes that are in preforeclosure on the map in the same manner that it'll show current homes for sale.

When I travel to Hawaii, and spend a day or two looking at potential investment housing...even if I don't buy anything...that plane ticket is a deduction.I'm going to assume you're a smart guy, so as you know, there are numerous methods to get around paying taxes on your real estate income.