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Keep in mind that they can increase that period if they get complains from the community, so make sure you're in good relationship with your neighbors.

Quote from @Scott Trench: @Jay Hinrichs this is what my mind jumps to.

My business is built around doing deals for out of state investors and my mind is BLOWN by how many flat out refuse to come visit, meet our staff or walk the property that they bought and we are rehabbing for them.

Also, keep in mind that if you do self manage, you do put yourself at more risk for a legal issues.

It is a very low bar for you to meet, but keep in mind that is also the level of upkeep some S8 tenants might have in mind.

If you're prospecting the entire coast, just keep in mind travel times for tours and be mindful of the weather.

Just keep in mind that using that emergency fund to buy your next property and having tapped a HELOC already may leave you in a bad spot if you run into a similar problem again.Also, I’m not 100% sure, but I have heard that personal loans don’t your credit more so than other types of debt so be sure you look into that if you go the personal loans route and then planned to finance your next purchase soon after.

If you don’t mind a little more advice…when I’m running projections like this, I like to use the worst case scenario and if the numbers don’t work out in that scenario, I usually pass on the deal.

I do this for piece of mind and redundancy.