I'm going to try to have a level-head while writing this review since the treatment meted out to me was pathetic, to say the least.

Be a great landlord - Provide timely communication, responsive maintenance, and fair treatment.

Dont suppose I'll get it...again, i've never done a real estate deal other than purchasing my house over a decade ago. without experience there's just so much i dont know.networking is a sore spot, i'm just not a people person. thats one reason i look at real estate. since i plan to have any properties managed, i wont have to deal with a lot of people. i imagine you'll scold me for this but whatever. i'm never going to be a people person and thats set in stone. it's something i have to work around not overcome.It seems I always get to the same point with real estate where I take the safe and easy route and leave my $ invested in the stock market. the thing that appeals to me about re, and i'm more focusing on rentals, non b&b, is steady income with an appreciating underlying asset. whereas the market is up and down. i can get totally safe 5% from short term bonds, but i know my principle is withering away from inflation (i dont believe the gubt bogus 3% cpi). with a rental house i could get 5% rental income, and the house will appreciate ~5% a year. that's a huge difference. the other thing i'm somewhat interested in is flips, but same story there, i just dont have the knowledge, and all the reading this forum or watching yt's in the world only gets to the surface as it's all airy generalities.

One final note that I haven't seen brought up yet but personal use over a certain number of days per year (14 I think) triggers different tax treatment for the property and limits deductible expenses.Hope this helps.

Treated pine is more budget-friendly and offers good durability due to chemical treatments, although it will not look as nice in my opinion.

A failing system typically cannot be simply handed off to a buyer without remediation and replacing an aging septic system with a modern alternative treatment system (ATS) can be a significant financial undertaking.

Tax treatment of LLCs is very controversial in this case.

My understanding is that the $480K qualifies for 1031 treatment and tax deferral.

While not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, it does create delays and more items that I have to keep track of, that aren't actually productive.I understand a repeat customer may get priority treatment, it's when a desire to keep that customer happy by overlooking existing problems that come up later, occur.

Well, the best tool in my toolkit is Form 8082  Notice of Inconsistent Treatment.