J Scott discusses examining the service coming into the house, as well as the ability of the breaker box to handle that service. 

I had all these great ideas, but my nerves were eating away at me.

I received my text books already and began reading them I'm a little nerves because it's a lot Of information to know I've done a few practice test and the questions where based a lot on dates and all the federal acts I was wondering was the actual exam similar if so any tips on remembering the info?

Historically the "incremental increase in value" - IRS speak for appreciation has been a valid defense but in recent years appreciation motive alone has not been looked at as favorably by itself when they are examining vacation properties.

I almost got the nerve to knock on the door of a couple of properties but it is still out of my comfort zone.

Once passing the course final they allow you to sit for the real exam in Charleston (~25$).5.

I'm spending on average 30 hours a month on call at various time of day dealing with guests and maintenance issues.Any thing you know will help me get up the nerve to ask for what is only fair. 

With that said, I'd encourage you to examine your current income/expenses to see what sort of reserve you need to maintain in case of emergency.

You add value to real property, many ways to do that but you need to learn real estate before attempting to deal in real estate, you don't learn real estate on BP forums or from gurus, get a text book Realtors use to pass the state examination.

Once I get the nerve and make my first investment using loans how do I snowball that into owning more properties?