THAT's the beautiful side of this business far to few ever see. 

However, if you clearly communicated a $15K budget, I’d stick to that and ask them to discuss the overages with the contractor to find a resolution.As a side note, always try to maintain reserves for your properties.

We have been in real estate for over 15 years, on the rental side we have owned up to 50 doors.

I feel as though I am more on the introverted side.

HML is a bridge from one side a river to the other.

I've learned a lot from talking to RE attorneys, since they tend to be on both sides of those partnership deals.

If you're planning on only living there 1-2 years, rent may not change THAT much, so calculate what the rent would likely be right now for your side as well. 4.

Again, I speak from experience. my limited experince at this is a trier of fact will side with the land owner most all the time.I bought a tax sale prop in CA .. these are tax sales not tax certs. 

We got a bit delayed in the permitting process...We had to get a geotechnical report done due to a slope on the back side of the property, but are now back in process again.

You are working a demanding corporate job but also want to build rentals on the side.