I am reading and learning regularly here on BP, hoping to make some contacts with experience or skills I can learn from first hand.  

Regular mortgages loans are pretty strict on requirements and don't like two properties under one loan.  

However, due to mild evidence of activity, such as seasonal swarming, we have had it spot treated with injectible syringes for the past few years, by our regular pest control company, and that seemed to be working fine until recently.  

Cost of tankless unit is much more then regular and installation is more involced then changing out tank.You can and should be putting a pan under a regular tank as well and have pan plumbed into a drain. 

If the realtor is unwilling: Go to the seller and ask him to buy it from him All the same questions above straight to the sellerSend her a letter by mail and explain your intentionsGet financing from a Hard money lender: offer cash and refinance it into a regular loan. ** and yes: I don't know how you are arriving at 50k But go see it: based on comparable sales arrive at an ARV (after repair value): then get the estimated rehab cost from a reliable contractor: Then get the ARV $: times 65% : that will give you X: minus repair cost : and that will equal your offer priceFor example: ARV is $100k : times 65% : or 65k minus 20k in renovations: so your offer will be: $45k You can't lose with this formula. 

I have a cousin that lives in Virginia that is as passionate as me in achieving similar goals with REI, we regularly keep in touch to help motivate and make sure we aren't losing sight of goals.

Hello BP Community - What has been your experience with full-time furnished/vacation rentals in San Francisco vs. a regular long-term rental?

I have seen a case where an investor purchased several substantially identical SFR properties at one time and had a cost segregation study performed on one and then simply leveraged that single study across all of them - maybe that makes sense.

Not for newbies.Especially dangerous time for newbies investing OOS TK.I am stopping buying in my area for regular SFR and apartments.

Or just a regular conventional loan.