We arranged closing during a slower period of time & had him leave everything (furniture, inventory, guides, etc.) literally bought it & could start taking booking the same day.

A truly "motivated" seller tends to not really care the amount of earnest money and you could also structure your EM due at end of your inspection period.

Period.

Hi Amanda,If they are trouble tenant then you should probably provide them whatever the notice period is in the current lease and just have them move out. 

After a grace period of 1.5 days give another notice and mention legal action or law enforcement5.

By lending money on quick turnover deals and running JV's I should be able to fill some of the latency period with needle moving activity.

Then have a 6 month period to convert all old currency $20 and $100 to new currency.  

I never made more money than that time period.

For what it's worth, I went through 5 different property managers in 2 different markets (one local, one out of state) over a period of 5 years, before deciding I would self-manage everything across both geographies beginning last year.

If the loan was fully funded at closing and since then the loan is in an interest-only payment period, these numbers would equal.