In total, we spent about 6 months ironing down the window size, materials, color, and any exterior changes visible from the street.Getting Exterior Changes ApprovedGETTING TO WORKOnce you get through historic and planning, the building department (ISD) is a whole different animal to wrestle.

Texas is unique animal currently for insurance so offerings are different there than other states although that's always the case state by state2. $2,500 deductible is pretty much the standard on any dwelling (home or rental) at this point and $5,000 isn't uncommon at all. 

If you plan on selling it, I wouldn't take out a mortgage if you could do it with cash as financing will eat into your profits. 

Many renters don't want to take responsibility for your furniture, particularly if they have kids or animals.

I work on the Story team and am happy to answer any questions or provide a live demo.Feel free to send me an IM or ask here.

I've saved my clients thousands and huge mistakes that the builder would have made them eat. 

The legal definition is Service Animal.

Over time, gain knowledge and experience so that one day 3 or 4 deals down the road, one is ready to handle the huge responsibility of taking care of other people’s cash.One should also take stock of where they are at - what strength and capabilities they have, what income, what amount of capital, who their social and professional sphere is, etc etc and then come up with a real aka tic plan as to how to proceed.This all can be done but it takes a cold hard assessment of reality and then consistent effort over time to make it happen.Now that @Amir owns some rental property, he can tell his friends, family and associates about it and as they see him do well, NOW he will have more success asking for capital to do bigger deals.There’s an expression How does one eat an elephant?

Although dumpster use, animal destruction and random cars is a reason and we also put it in the lease that there are cameras. 

The price assumes that you can eat all you want, but there're still some expectations of being reasonable and not abusing it.