Fourth, add a few decorative touches to make the home more appealing: Place a flower pot full of marigolds or brightly colored welcome mat by the front door; Set a colorful bowl of fruit on the kitchen counter; Install some decorative shelving on bathroom wall; Paint one of the walls in the living or family room an accent color that harmonizes with the rest of the room.Fifth, learn to live with and accept what that renter does with YOUR house.

I do my best to prescreen people, but I still get "I know you said no pets, but how about a hamster/mouse/rat?"

Any advice is appreciated.TLDR; neighboring townhome in Baltimore county causing mouse and roach infestation.

Used Aberdeen Birch engineered hardwood from lumber liquidators (paid $1.56/sqft), installed on top of those standard underlayment mats, name is escaping be right now, big red roll for $.50/square ft.

Payment on a $0 HELOC balance is $0, typically closing costs are $0 to $600, but should something (emergency or opportunity) come up, you can dump $100k into a checking account with 2 mouse clicks. 

Tony Mat biy J Scott's book, the diary where he built his house.

I set my profile so that now all anyone has to do is put their mouse over my aviator.

Then I'll be the mouse that grows fangs, haha!

Mine was a bit weird about an inquiry I made last year into buying an FHA property as an owner-occupant, even though we've done plenty of business together.I know where they're coming from, there are a lot of young people out there just trying to do things in real estate who have zero access to an extensive community like this that will tell you how bad an idea it is for a real estate investor to play cat and mouse with the feds in his first investment.

A few clicks of a mouse and it's done with nearly zero transaction costs.