Not looking for the obvious big window companies that charge an arm and a leg for more or less the same work a sub could do.

@Michael Noto Thank you for your open arms.

Everything you can learn about being a landlord is a plus.Far too many investors view real estate as a arm chair investment witch could not be farther from the truthI do all my own evictions and learn something every time about the business.

It costs an arm, and half a leg, but at least you can remove the liability from your shoulders and make the tenants responsible for their usage.

Or if you have target to pay off early you can go for ARM product which will save little more on interest rate. 

PMI has become a dirty word, like ARMs for all the wrong reason.

The joint account matters not.As there's push and shove alread and daddy is whining (is he a licensed electrician), I would strong arm the complaint and just tell'm  "I see you are not going to be happy here so I offer to let you move out immediate."

Long term hold, arm chair investing , flipping ...what is it you desire to do..My advice is follow any path of interest that has the highest wage.

(With the $20 plan you get email notification when the system is armed and unarmed.)

In the short sale world you don't want to be involved in non arms length transactions or any grey area behavior.