You cannot enhance, upgrade or improve the property and expect to be able to recover those costs if it is redeemed.The issue comes from what meets the definition of secure, preserve and maintain. 

AND the key sentence is that if you have money in the bank that will pay off the mortgage on your home, investing that at a return higher than your mortgage rate (easy when you stated your interest rate is < 4%) is actually enhancing your family's position instead of weakening it. 

Photos are a bit too enhanced but the house turned out great!

Obviously, interest-only on any portion of the mortgage enhances that challenge.

There can be a huge disparity of quality and if a property doesn't capture and/or enhance the best features of the house, it won't create the necessary interest to draw in a prospective tenant.3.

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She wasn't a terror or anything - friendly enough to me despite not getting along with the other tenants.The second Section 8 tenant at a different multi-family was a terror.

@Alex FranksMoney to me is a tool to expand opportunities and enhanced life experiences.

Continue to dive into the real estate world more and just enhance my knowledgethis is just the beginning !!

LOL  I'm just continuing my minimus and repurpose goals...Continue to enhance my get out of the LL trenches nap schedule further by 1031 exchanging 2 of my apt buildings as a TK package into industrial property I repurpose or an OZ buy locally.