So we go into this house, and it's a fairly small colonial with a decently renovated kitchen for the time (around 2002).

Real estate is very different.Landlord-tenant laws are only one small component of the decision-making and it's just an issue you deal with when for investing in a highly dynamic market like NYC.On the flip side, if I take my market Milwaukee: despite a chronic housing shortage, we don't have a national home builder working here.

I planned to start small, a first deal <100K, and then scale in the neighborhood.

Asset Set-up Fee: I've never seen this, but its fairly small compared to the other fees. 

I am working on a product that will help small-medium size landlords launch and maintain Internet presence at a small monthly cost without spending big budget on custom development.It will include: SEO, custom domain, direct syncing with your property management software, syncing with QB. 

Seeking my first small multi-family and had cash to purchase.

At some point the subfloor under the bedroom may also be affected (it's a small bathroom and the toilet is right when you walk in) and the cost will go up even more.

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@Raymond Keith Whittington, a little investment strategy called house hacking. 

Finally- on the sale side- the mortgage assumption is a nice sales angle, but your buyer pool is really small for that.