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Otherwise, seems like a great passive investment with long-term upside! 

Anything the u/w can perceive as "variable income", even if its a shift-differential like nurses or firemen...

Think of it like buying an existing performing business.

The cleanout is about 10-15 feet from the curb, but they had to snake 70 feet, suggesting a potential city sewer issue.The plumber mentioned that if I report this to the city, they will likely request a secondary cleanout closer to the curb, which I would have to install at my expense (a costly job).

You might hire a property manager, use a co-hosting service, or build your own team (like I did!).

Those who don't let us manage the units like we own them, often fail or get cut.  

There are also a large number of accountants we work with who say that as long as it is done at arms length as a business like transaction then they are fine with it. 

It feels like 10K in PA is equivalent to 2K in NJ.

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