I actually did at least a hair of due diligence ;) that said, there's always so much to learn and I really appreciate you taking the time to highlight so much.

Apparently that skim coat made it just a hair to high and when the bars were reinstalled, just a hair too low.

scratches on the door and door frame, pet hair all over the baseboards, dog smell in the home).In renting, the biggest thing is to do a thourogh back ground check on the possible tenants. 

These are both extremely useful sites as the state site can forward you to numerous places like the dbpr (department of business and professional regulations) where you can do professional license searches, (for example, a great place for locating a seller that has a professional license, i.e. a massage therapist or a hair stylist, or a real estate agent, they all would be listed here)  You can also find the link to your Secretary of State, also a great place to skip trace if your seller/buyer is an investor or biz owner.  

In fairness, it's difficult to budget for heat when you realize your are living in a home with single pane windows and insulated with horse hair from the 1900s.

The borrower could be a pita and although you get your money in the end you have to take Ambien every night for two years to sleep, not to mention the 376 new gray hairs you acquire.9. 

Having a non cash flowing house  with a heloc on it is like marrying a big fat Chic with long blonde hair .

Vac out all dust and hair.

She's a perfectionist and likes to get every single dog hair (which is amazing for us!)

I'm late to this thread but for the sake of anyone else pulling their hair out trying to get a loan, let me, a loan originator for 17 years, tell you how extremely difficult it's been for the past year to originate loans.