As a PM, his team would be familiar with areas and could help underwrite the property and take care of the day to day headaches. 

They may need to be careful on this one as that may impact his DTI ratio. 

Make sure they know you plan to publicly point out to the local newspapers, Mayor's Office, and anyone who will be campaigning against them, just how stupid and lazy they are. 

If I had to leave a takeaway from this post before getting too far in it would be that whatever goals are had you have, we have these goals for a reason and typically it does not go exactly as planned but even if it doesn't go as planned, we can pick up where we left off and give it a fresh start.

If you are not planning to live in the property, then you are not going to qualify for an FHA loan.

We’re planning to rent out our fully furnished 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home in Phoenix-Metro area from March 1st to August 31st in the future.

@Deirdre Lizio like any business, you will encounter customers that:1) Appreciate great service and are willing to pay for it2) Appreciate great service, but are price sensitive3) Only care about the lowest price, yet unrealistically expect great service4) Multiple variations of the above...Unfortunately, the majority of us default to #3:(

You can list all the reasons why you charge $250 for a one-time shoveling, but nobody will care when there are other vendors doing the exact same job for $100 or less.I'm in a city of 10,000.

The IRS doesn't care which of you is on title.

Whereas owner occupant buyers are looking at comps, sold prices for similar nearby properties, and don't care about cash flow.