I don't want to continue to post information to a thread meant to talk about this course that deals with overall note information.  

Then live there before you start buying property.I meant to post this to @Mike Tikh, but seems I mis-posted - sorry EvanFYI Just a note about Reno- High altitude desert (4524'), https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/nevada/reno about an hour from Lake Tahoe & skiing https://logskirack.com/best-reno-nevada-ski-resorts/. 

@Lydia T.

@Henry T. 

Property was about 7% under market rent and has a T-12 vacancy of 12% before acquisition.

@Camille T. 

The security deposit is meant to cover damages at the end of the lease and should only be used once the lease has expired. 

@John UnderwoodEDIT: I meant mainly the consumables and pest control.

We still own this property, but we have: 1) leased to market rent, 2) successfully implemented RUBS to save roughly $3,000/year, 3) Reduced vacancy/bad debt from pre-acquisition T-12 of 15% to less than 4%.

I do not see it in the smaller mom and pop portfolios.maybe i am not conveying my message properly, but what i am trying to implying is that , pop and mom investors are doing good these days ... while bigger institution is losing investor money left and right, almost everyone is bad money manager these days... that's what I meant for not become passive investor as promised by bigger institution, it is the other way around.