Anyone can file a mechanic's lien without taking you to court, and I have experienced this personally. 

But yeah the studio apartment is an absurd layout, I was blown away when I saw it in person.  

Even though we try to get to know our residents during their stay, it is probably impossible to truly personalize a gift for each of them.

Can run thousands.And while this isn't an "out of pocket" typically you will need some personal liquidity and net worth to secure loans.  

I cold emailed and called the owner multiple times and eventually we connected, met in person and made a deal over the course of a few months.How did you finance this deal?

I've personally undertaken BRRRRs that took me 6 months to stabilize but part of that for me is the BRRRRs being an out of state side hustle I suppose. 

In each instance, fault was on person B (Yourself in this scenario) and NOT on person A who the tree trunk was on there property but limbs overhanging neighbors, AS LONG AS they had readily allowed and made no conflict to person B cutting out/down whatever was projecting onto there property line. 

-i highly recommend you travel in person to your chosen market to build a team. 

It drives me nuts when everyone quotes a five-page post just to address one sentence, then the next person quotes both, then the next person quotes all three, etc.

I think it depends on your personal situation and your goals.