Fantastic start @Kyle Press keep it going!

Do this Especially if your going to use the Radiant Barrier decking, as any surface of that stuff that is pressed up against something, I.e. the support lathe boards, is negated!

If there’s a realtor involved they will be hard pressed to bet 10% after closing costs.

@Benjie DeVera I think you'll be hard pressed to find a M/F property around here that meets the 2% rule.

@Norman BermanHolland is a great market that has seen quite an uptick yet has not received the press coverage of GRand Rapids.

Thanks everyone, guess I’m overly excited on this deal and just wanna press all the buttons.

The day I stop being scared is the day I realize I'm not pressing forward hard enough...hopefully you'll learn to live with the apprehension, but you don't ever want it to go away...

My worry is that if people start pressing the IRS about allowing the 20% deduction because they view themselves as a "trade or business", the IRS just might decide that we need to pay self-employment taxes if that's how we want to be defined. 

I'd guess that with either job you'll be hard pressed to have the time to actively invest in real estate on the side unless you're able to find properties that are basically hands-off, or you drink a heart-pounding amount of coffee.

If the building is shifting due to snow load, the cracks may tighten up a little once the load is gone - don't worry, they will not go away ;-)  If you patch over them, they will return when the load returns.Does any of the plaster move in towards the wall/ceiling when you press on it?