You're feeding 2 dogs with one biscuit by taking care of your living expenses and generating rental income at the same time, and by living in the house and keeping it to 4, you generally get exemptions on things that might bother you to live with (IE you can choose whomever you want as your tenants without running afoul of fair housing laws).

If they are VERY professional, they will have their processes in writing as verification that policies are enforced equally and fairly by their entire staff.6.

I do not find your complain about getting on their marketing list fair.

Things like a new roof can range - here in Philadelphia where i do a lot of work, our flat rubber rowhome roofs are fairly inexpensive and standard . . .

I hope you don’t have friction with your partner because the money got ahead of the work.I’ve had some success hiring workers for the day at the prices the gcs pay them $100-200 but have had my fair share of misses here too.

Let me know if I did a fair analysis of the different models.The differences (with benefits and drawbacks) between a turnkey property and the lease option partnership that I do.Turnkey benefits- The property including all major repairs and minor repairs have been completed.

The 4-unit is 1/1s, fairly similar footprints. 

I suspect in most mortgages the Borrower entering into this type of agreement without the written consent of the prior lender would be a default.What debt coverage ratio do you think would be fair considering the risk? 

but it also has a couple shortfalls: - Low to fair rents at best - Low rent appreciationI bought fairly smart, but still not smart enough to consider it an immediate good return.

Lake Berkley or Terra Verde come to mind, they are peaceful yet still fairly close to the parks.