I thought of nailing  2 wooden slats as back brace se and leave room for your zip ties to go through the attach it to the pole that way. 

I was fully prepared for that, but it was a nerve racking experience for sure.

Plus the fact that you allow the tenant to rack up over $8k is another problem you have.

I have been fortunate enough to not rack up any college debt and have been able to work and save up about $16k in savings.

Just extra blocking on bathroom walls if youre worried about securing towel racks to studs.

You're not gonna kill it, you'l gross 100k, but you'll start racking up the experience, the know how, the confidence. 

& that was racking up in my brain for 6 weeksBut best of luck to you!!!!

It's always nerve racking at first but at least you're getting into it! 

I have two rental properties which has racked up roughly $400,000 in mortgage debt.

You should run the numbers with your loan rep to see what the rate difference would be if you re-lock the rate today and determine if that is better for you than racking up extension fees indefinitely.