We discovered that there were a ton of exposed and illegally spliced wires in the attic under the blown in insulation and had to remove it all to find all the wiring.

i tell them all the time to find a good W2 job you like and you plan on staying with a long time. 

As a sole operator, you have all the policies and procedures in your head and can apply them to many properties without referring to a binder.

Big expense up front, additional expenses over the life of the lock, they can be too complicated for renters to figure out, and they don't solve all the problems a landlord may face.

Landlords mistakenly ASSUME all PMCs offer the exact same services and operate the exact same way, so price is the only differentiator.So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services.This also leads them to ASSUME simpler is better when it comes to management contracts.

I traveled all over the world for photography, Malaysia, Singapore, Mexico, Thailand, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Dominican Republic and the list goes on.

. ($16,900 total)You can take 33k each year and pay $3,300 in taxes all 3 years. ($9,900 total)Obviously this is simplified but unless you expect to make much less and be in a lower tax bracket in the future those deductions could come in handy.

We've done demos with all of the big name PMS options and are finding big gaps with all of them, mostly when it comes to payment processing.

If you do all that yourself, I call it 3M talent. 

Quickly I learned I knew nothing about the business of trucking and truly didn't enjoy it, as all those gains got depleted.