Do not fall for the Nevada/Wyoming/Delaware/OtherFabulousState scam, you'll need to then register in two states and won't get the protection/savings that the salesperson promised you, because when you buy property in MA, then MA laws are the ones that matter.  

Things could still fall through but getting started early always helps.  

That's a huge pitfall we see many clients fall into.

@Aaron PetersonI moved your thread to the landlords forum.Snow removal ... it will be here before you know it ... .I've already put our RFQ as we were not happy with our service in one city last winter.In our experience, when it comes to landscaping/lawncare and snow removal, anytime you cannot define where one tenant's domain ends and another begins, the obligation falls to the landlord.If you have a side-by-side duplex or a row of townhouses where each tenant has their own drive and patch of green, you can hand-off snow removal and lawn care to the tenant ... though you are just as often better served to take care of it yourself and bake it into the rent.Anytime you have stacked units or a block (such as a small purposely built quadruplex), the parking and green space are common areas (just like stairwells in the interior) and fall to the landlord.

If the rental is a residential unit, then you need to treat it as such whether he's living there or not.If the rental is a storage unit, then it would fall under different laws.What @Aaron Mazzrillo said makes sense.Everything's negotiable.

Don't rationalize any numbers, or use anything other than cash (i.e. equity, appreciated gain, tax deductions, ...) since those other items are NOT CASH.3 - If you have a negative number, that means you get more cash back in your deal, within the first year, than you spent (so in this case...used)...and you have a winner.4 - If you have a positive number, that means you have spent money to buy this property...your money.5 - If you fall into the #3 category, you have recovered all your initial cash (seed money).  

I'm in the Idaho Falls area and invest in the Pocatello area which si somewhat near you.

Suddenly, we are seeing a lot of termite activity, droppings are falling from the popcorn ceiling, which means there is activity in the attic, and I want the whole house to be tented. 

You'll never know unless you ask.Be upfront, and let the chips fall where they may.  

I am graduating next fall with an engineering degree and I plan on working as soon as I graduate.