One would be when you have a primary home and its listed on MLS (for sale) and the bank gives you the cash out until the home sells and the loan is set up for 12 to 18 months.

Now, if you have a good Broker and he is set-up at 8 different lenders already and he/she is great at the processing and getting loans closed then I'd say they are worth their point. 

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Rather than hire a VA, you can set up an automation.  

Common fees will include a set-up fee, a leasing fee for each turnover or a lease renewal fee, marking up maintenance, retaining late fees, and more.

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If I were in your shoes, I would set up keyword alerts for the Texas cities you're interested in as well as any other keywords that are relevant to your plans.

On VRBO, when we set up the listing, they didn't have a "loft" option, so I think it's considered office space which led to some confusion or set up as a second living area.

If the improvements were recognized as taxable property before, you might be able to keep the property taxes and depreciation setup.

For the alley, I'm not sure I'm familiar with that set up, so I don't know that I can really comment on that.