Just bought my first property and I feel like I'm on high alert waiting for the unexpected boogeyman to pop out and ruin the deal.

You also don't want to take that, if that's earned or savings, or pop it all into a first deal of any kind.

The market is dynamic, and there’s always something new popping up.

Hi Scott, It sounds like a good opportunity to deploy the contingency fund for the issue with the roof that popped up.As tempting as it is to use that contingency money to pay down the loan faster I think that sticking with the original purpose of the funds and updating the roof is the best use of that capital for the following reasons:1.An updated roof adds value to the property.

But it's still a bandaid and will pop out, crack, let water in, separate, and let the underlying wood rot almost as bad as regular bondo, after a few years.Napa, 3m, bondo, & Evercoat (marine), etc all sell polyester auto body fillers that are one step up from the prior with real "waterproof" claims etc, maybe priced around $30-50/quart or $75/gallon, range.

A little more detail: I did a nice little sprucing up of the space at the end of last year and got an amazing pop up coffee cart tenant.

If you have this extension when you are searching for a property in Airbnb or Vrbo it will pop up and tell you where to get the property cheaper.

Several VC backed PMC's have popped up in the last decade and have tried to create systems that VA's can execute with little industry knowledge.

This is a crazy thought, but that's mostly what pops into my head ...

Many title companies won't issue title insurance for a period of time after a tax sale before of the liklihood of something like this popping up, sometimes even after a quiet title action is done.