We also get over 1M non-resident visitors per year.

How do you handle overnight visitors and house rules?

The Cubic Foot vs The Square Foot Counts.Big Places on Tiny Spaces.PART 1 of 3In California it's a known fact that the closer you get to the beach the smaller the lots get leaving folks with limited choices in finding suitable let alone affordable building and ownership opportunities.One very popular trend taking place today is the transformation of many boutique "Mobile Home & Trailer Park Communities" that dot the landscape along the California Coastline.

I work long hours and having a visitor over at 2-3am shouldn't warrant a phone call from my parents 🙄They're the ones making money from this whole deal while I don't even get equity or anything - and anytime they're mad they hold the house above my head and tell me I can go back to living in my car - which at this point almost sounds more worth it. 

They must not be defective due to dampness or otherwise.The landlord must ensure that electricity or gas supplies are safe and in good repair, and that every room has adequate ventilation and both natural and artificial lighting.Laundry, food preparation and food storageArticle 8 of the 2008 Regulations (as amended) requires private landlords to provide access to: A washing machineA clothes-dryer if the dwelling does not have a private garden or yardThey must also provide facilities for cooking and for the hygienic storage of food, to include the following: 4-ring hob with oven and grillCooker hood or extractor fanFridge and freezer, or a fridge-freezerMicrowave ovenKitchen cupboards that are suitable and adequate for storing foodSink with mains water supply, hot water and draining areaFor dwellings rented from local authorities and approved housing bodies, the relevant requirements are in Article 7 of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 1993.

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Smaller breeds can bite, but one coming from a chihuahua poses a much lower risk of injury than a rottweiler’s.Future tenants can have allergies to animals, which may imply extensive cleaning or even renovations to make it suitable for them.Hope this helps!

It buys you more time to locate suitable Replacement Property to identify and ultimately acquire.

Find a suitable property5.

The bottome line is that these are for the passive investor, (the same investors who buy stocks and hold them) who hold full time jobs, may not be full time investors, and are looking for the tax advantages, cash flow, and the future upside of appreciation which is not guaranteed, but history has proven over time has gone up each and every decade.I do agree with Jon, that an expense ratio of 40% on AVERAGE, is a suitable screening tool.