Remember that this is not always the case, so you want to try and get an idea of their daily routine to make sure it aligns with what you are looking for. 

Next, connect and work with an investor-focused agent, preferably, someone who works with house hackers like yourself on a routine basis.

Do you meet with us routinely to be proactive and do planning?

This generally involves weight/resistance training, which I've found to be the best all around exercise routine.

was it because of the tenant or should it have been part of routine maintenance.As mentioned, whether 9 days or 9 months, if it is within the time period allowed by statute, then you should respond. 

With so many types of customers, and with customers routinely falling into more than one group, and so many companies marketing themselves to real estate investors and landlords, it's hard to find just the right mix of software.Here's where I stand now:$970/year to Quickbooks Online, a platform I detest, to do a mediocre job managing my books. $400/year to Dotloop, a platform that hasn't seen a significant UI improvement in years, to help manage my real estate agent transactionsLogins with 7 accounts across 4 banks (2 of which are also lenders), 2 additional lenders, 2 major credit card issuers, and a property management company using appfolio, and no centralized place to manage them all. 

The 60%  will give you the best possible financing terms and assuming good credit still give you enough cash flow to cover routine maintenance/vacancies with a payment around 1100~ a month. 

A garage that is not properly insulated may be uncomfortable to live in and may not meet local building codes for habitation.Heating and cooling: In order to make the garage comfortable to live in, you will need to install heating and cooling systems.

If he's not willing to provide financials for the deal and that makes you feel uncomfortable, then just simply walk away.

Do you routinely hear horror stories about them exploding or killing people?