Do you have money to take care of the inevitable problems that will occur.

What I'm torn about is that the ceiling tiles were not painted, if I had painted them before hand, there's a decent chance this damage would not have occurred?

Minimal cash upfront, negotiate a monthly rent, lock in a price today that will benefit from any appreciate that might occur during the term of the lease.

Usually this occurs on weekends after six pm and the companies they partner with are all charging emergency fees. i have had emergency services come for a thermostat that the vacationer couldn't figure out how to use. $200 for an hvac guy to say "turn the dial like this". 

They do not understand how newly identified risks (such as covid eviction moratorium) or increased risks (such as occur with rent control and the difficulty to evict bad tenants that pay) result in higher rent.  

If you are setting aside funds for capex, taxes, insurance, or other expenses that don't occur monthly, transfer those funds to Savings each month and hold them there until it's time to spend them.

The payout on these loans buts contracts at a tricky place having to absorb some of the initial costs while waiting for the drawls to occur.

Those went away when the housing crises occurred.  

Usually only business purpose mortgages (DSCR or debt service coverage ratio) or non-conventional (Non QM) permit the contract and closing to occur in the businesses name. 

The issue that concerned me the most has been the level of animosity and condescending communication that has been occurring between Steve and Sophie while trying to address issues.