If they insist mold is hidden and impacting their health, I will offer to have the home professionally tested.

That is priceless. lolAs much as I did also enjoy managing on my own, meeting people, learning tough lessons, and learning local laws, I think I've met my threshold on how much is healthy for me.

With the Essentials (which are only $2500), it teaches how to save $100,000 in interest on a $200,000 house with no extra money put into your budget and without changing your lifestyle.

The purchase price was good, the ARV gave it a healthy budget for rehab How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

A few things to consider when starting out:1) Be sure you have liquidity for the down payment, but also a healthy reserve account, since unexpected costs will come up while owning real estate. 

We are at the top of the current rate cycle, so this is a healthy time to analyze if it makes sense for you.

yes I guess our son could inherit and then sell right away but we'd be gone and if that is best suited for his lifestyle so be it.

It is not relevant whether anyone approves of her lifestyle or not.

CPA knows that the business has a lot of expenses that could be written off if the borrower does not need to show as much income as before because DSCR does not look at income and the client does not need to take a large salary from the business to afford their lifestyle.  

a 5% to 10% coc return is pretty impressive.If you add the appreciation, you are looking at a healthy return.