Nice to meet you I'm almost halfway through "The book on rental property investing" by Brandon Turner and it's really open my eyes to real estate! 

If you intend to vacate, the original lease agreement states you have to provide a 30 day written notice of your intent to vacate.

It's so nice to have that safety net.

We've averaged around 7% for mortgage rates for the past two years now…I think if we can see a settling somewhere in the 6% range, if not sub 6%, we will see nice consumer confidence not only for home values, but rent values as well.

It's a nice place but in a small town it can be tough to find a good property manager.

The home is in a nice area with good school.

If weed is illegal in your state, call the cops every time, issue a written warning, demand a short-notice inspection, etc.

Purchase price: $814,000 37-Unit - HUD Section8 HAP MultifamilyOverall the project was situated decently well at closing, occupancy was mid ~85%, and overall the property was in very nice condition.

You want this to be your backup plan if things take longer than anticipated, you do not want to dip into personal credit cards so i would use a heloc to help with down payment but try to keep a nice available balance on a heloc as your insurance policy. 

Maybe she will sell for less, but I suspect you'll have to convince her that she benefits from the transaction somehow.Usually, a title company expects a written purchase and sale agreement first, before they will do a title report and they need to know the sales price in order to set the coverage.