The money saved each month could be better invested elsewhere, though I'm not sure the bank would approve or whether the credit hit would make future deals unnecessarily difficult.Any suggestions on what you'd do in such a situation?

William,You sound like me when I was first starting---about wanting to minimize mistakes :>The best way I've learned is by being in action and learning as I go---yes, sometimes from what I did "wrong".I will say this though: it is a mistake to spend money un-necessarily.

Seems unnecessarily negative to me.

After a couple of days, I figured I would ask my questions simply, making sure I don't repeat unnecessarily questions that have been asked repeatedly. :-)1) My mom's a real estate agent, and is absolutely insisting that I get my agent's license in order to do 'this kind of work'.

Don't solely base your success on facebook, it may disappoint you unnecessarily.

There are plenty of them out there and why add any additional headaches unnecessarily.

I have started with the content, and plan on ingesting as much info as possible in the near future.

But the latter can just be complicating things unnecessarily, but a benefit is if you do think you will co-invest with folks other than your father.

Want to keep tenants happy but not spend 20-30K and tear up a finished basement unnecessarily. 

If there are a limited number of stalls, I would start charging extra to park in them, that may deter people from unnecessarily getting a parking stall.