I don't think private lenders would have this requirement, unless title companies encourage wet sign as standard practice.

I've narrowed it down to the Birmingham, AL and Cleveland, OH markets and have been looking at properties in these areas and "running the numbers" for practice.

Promising to make cosmetic upgrades that one should only make between tenants and reducing your already below-market rent down another $3600 are not good business practices.

Clearly practice makes perfect, but if I can learn from your experiences, it could save me some grief! 

If you bought 300 sf less than you thought you were buying, the only practical thing that changed is that you paid more per SF than perhaps the property was worth on the market.

A practice that should be illegal is the escalating PPA but many of the “leases” are almost as bad.

For Section 8 rentals, focus on practical updates that meet program standards rather than luxury finishes to maximize returns.

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Here are a few strategies you might consider:House hacking is the practice of residing in one unit of a multi-unit building while renting out the others in order to pay off your mortgage or bring in extra cash.

This practice is very odd to me.