This forum is full of real estate experts, and the ones who are hard selling courses, trainings, mentorships, masterminds, tribes, or snake oil usually don't last long here. 

(c) The purchaser shall be entitled to all rents paid or accrued including oil and gas or mineral agreement rentals to the date of the redemption, and the rents must be prorated to such date.

He's not a scammer stealing money from people, but he's definitely selling snake oil.

The only thing I would anticipate needing in terms of capital expenses in the next few years would be a new HVAC unit which is on the older side, but we have already budgeted for that and have a service contract with a company that manages our HVAC, water heater and oil tank.Am I crazy for thinking that a property management company would be an unnecessary expense in my case?

My county is Very concerned about “occupancy and overcrowding”, so they made an ordinance that says, “A group of not more than three (3) persons not related by blood or marriage living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit.”

For the sake of the product that you all want to massage baby oil all over and take to the beach on a nice summer's day, sipping a Mai Tai, and of course, crushing real estate on an app, just let this thread rest in peace.

@Hide Harashima It does help, I have been in the hospitality biz in Hudson & Catskill for a decade, NYC before that, converted careers and excited to invest in an area I know and cooked for !

Like is used to clean the driveway with when there's an oil spill. 

I could save a whole lot of cash mowing my own grass, ironing my shirts, painting the kitchen, organizing my garage, and changing my own oil.

So there are a lot of questions that go into an answer to your question, @Taylor Cook