After adding an extra bedroom and bathroom and rehabbing the house, I was well over budget.

I was strongly considering joining before I read this, now I am going to go the hard route, but probably best to just stay active on here and go the extra effort to network with accomplished developers in my area.

Living in one unit and renting out the others could offset a significant portion of your mortgage, giving you extra breathing room as the sole income earner.

But with the second home the $600 in extra rental income is enough to pay towards an equity loan.

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

I do value her as a cleaner and she definitely goes the extra mile and are the eyes and ears on the ground for me.

An in-house attorney would focus on resolving issues efficiently rather than driving up fees with extra billable hours, which can happen with outside firms.That said, I’m questioning whether this is the best perspective.

I invoiced an extra 25 dollars for part of the cleaning that I needed done extra and it was disregarded.

We go above and beyond when it comes to protection.. starting with insurance coverage, sings in the listing and in the property that there is no guard on duty (as silly as that sounds), putting extra locking device high enough so youngsters can't reach, an alarm/beep system to alert them that door opens for those with small children (or elderly) so they cannot wander out in the backyard with no one noticing and risk drowning.

With an extra vacancy or a maintenance issue or an extra turnover, this is definitely a negative cash flow producing investment.So when you say the rent growth and value growth have exceeded your expectations, I would love to have you respond as to how that is possibly the case.