I guess what I was thinking is if I'm getting (for easy numbers) $1000/month in rent and mortgage is $500 should i take some or all of the extra cash flow and pay more on mortgage or not?

Did you make some oral modification to the lease terms?

The more they increase those expenses, the lower the price goes, as you know.The estoppel letter is for tenants to say they have not prepaid any rent, the security deposits are as represented by the current owner, there are no side agreements either oral or written, there are no unresolved repair requests and the tenants have no claims or disputes with the current owner.

The Euro is, probably going to catch up with the GBP but at the moment i feel that you'd be better off in getting a CD in one or all of the above countries, hell maybe even somewhere in the middle east like syria, or Iraq if you feel like speculating.

With 300k cash, should I be looking at multiple down payments or ALL cash right out the gate.

Even if some or all of the other advice here is good advice, if you move past a duplex or tri-plex financing, and get into commercial level multifamily property, you need to show a lender history of being able to sign long term leases.

(c) An oral or a written rental agreement may not define abandonment differently than is provided in subsection (b).

Then explain to the remaining tenants the full amount is still due , whether 1 person it there or all 5 .

They may pay up for three month, then they will try to cancel some or all of the stay, requesting a refund.

Local laws might impact this, but I often take holding deposits as some percentage or all of the security deposit to gauge seriousness and means to perform.