We focus on the loss of visible labor jobs without examining the small unseen benefit to countless people, and we end up walking into this trap of thinking that automation destroys jobs.  

If you're planning to house hack the 1st thing you should do is examine where you actually want to live.  

You should ask to clarify that the rate is fixed for the whole duration of each new five year period.You might want to examine historical and predicted 5 yr treasury yields to get an idea of what your rates could be after the 3.5% margin is added.

I just passed my real estate salesperson license exam in Pennsylvania.

I recently passed my licensing exam in Las Vegas because I wanted to get into investing myself. 

I read on azre.gov that you need 90 hours of "in classroom" Real Estate pre-licensing education at an approved Arizona real estate school and pass the examination.

The exam in California is difficult and you really need to study and all thought there's different laws in each state the overall is the same.

The original intent was to try to buy a duplex but after examining the market I found almost no multi-family homes and since the primary supply of tenants appears to be new LT's with more money then they know what to do with I determined that a single family would still be a decent choice for my first home purchase.

While there are a few preliminary inspections for underground work, sewers, etc, the pre board inspection is the 'big one' in terms of the amount of work to be reviewed all at once.Here is a list of what is inspected at the pre board phase: Electrical - all wiring in the house is exposed and can be examined easily by the inspectorPlumbing - drainage, venting, water lines and other elements are looked atGas - a pressure test is shown to the inspector to show the connections are not leakingFireplace - the install and mainly the venting of the fireplace is inspectedMechanical - the furnace, ductwork and return air installation is reviewedBuilding - the structure, engineered work, soil bearing report and sulphate test, radon gas penetrations, fire barrier and many other minor items can be reviewed hereThis multitude of inspections can be helpful to identify any of the countless mistakes or omissions the builder can encounter during the construction process.

Searched through a few of the posts on this but there are SO many and it was hard to narrow down to the answers I am looking for.A little about myself, I'm a firefighter/paramedic but will be leaving my job after 10 years as I just finished my broker training, waiting to take the state exam in the next few weeks.