Anyone hired or work with analysis who only chased after huge deals or profit margins that ended up costing you more money in the long run because he was blindsided by an investor?

It's a beautiful country to be sure but, if you're looking at a pure investment (instead of a lifestyle purchase), don't get blindsided by your love of the country (if that's the case).

I want to support the military, but also don't want to lose money on this investment, which will happen if I keep putting in tenants who are likely to get transfers.I'm sure there are seasoned landlords who knew about this rule, but it had never been brought up to me; I was a little blindsided by the financial hit.

I was recently blindsided by a request for ref, well into the transaction.

You don't want to dive into this without the necessary information and get blindsided down the road.Having a 3 unit property and residing in 1 unit means you can claim the expenses incurred for the other 2 units along with partial depreciation, mortgage interest, taxes etc. to offset the rental income for tax purposes.

I would have a conversation with her ahead of time so she's not blind-sided.

You rehab the vacant units and leave the occupied ones as is.If you plan on raising the rent more than once, like 25% for 3 months then 50% after that, or 10% each month, or whatever you decide (and what is allowable in your state's laws) then give the tenant a heads up so they don't feel blindsided.

You need to be able to protect your investment from being blind sided with expenses that you don't plan for.

You can tell from the confusion expressed by the tenants rights groups that they feel a little confused and blindsided.

Unknown and unknowable how much business I lose b/c consumers think the "other lender" is "easier to work" with b/c they preapproved without "asking all those annoying questions," but the questions are 100% going to be asked no matter what, best to get ahead of potential issues than to be blindsided by them the week of closing.Robert (great name btw, gave it to my son), I think your gripe is with the lender you selected, not the fact that robot overlords aren't running the planet.