There're various financial plans designed to help with college financing, and some of them come with tax benefits.

If you own a home, you avoid the HOA fees, and you can differentiate on the property, seclusion, etc as opposed to having price wars with neighbors and needing the best interior in the building.None of that is to say you can’t make money with a condo

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

This was all done by design. 

The areas designated for painting should be painted thoroughly to ensure that no previous color is visible.

Most people who make a ton on Airbnb hire out designers, put in flashy amenities, and create a true experience.

If you use Podio as it's designed to be used, it will streamline every thing you do--from managing leads, managing projects, reducing your internal email count, to making your internal communications more efficient because conversations (which otherwise might happen in email) happen "in context" -- of the client record in your CRM, the project, or whatever it is that you are discussing.  

I am thinking of changing the interior doors to smart locks and renting each room out.

In each category, note how much you are bothered or stressed on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 = not bothered at all and 5 = stressed out: Pain Points Stress1 to 5 Pain Points Stress1 to 5 Unit turnover Exterior maintenance Advertising for available units Deferred capital expenditures Tenant screening rules Plumbing or electrical emergencies Tenant selection / discrimination rules Mortgage payments Documenting move-in conditions Bookkeeping and bill paying Documenting ongoing conditions Taxes and insurance premiums Dealing with tenant complaints Risk of late payments or non-payments Dealing with neighbor complaints Risk of property damage or vandalism Mold, termites and rodents Premises liability Interior maintenance Evicting tenants If your completed table has mostly 1s and 2s, then congratulations—you are a happy landlord!

It's basically log siding with T&G on the walls in the interior.