Should I try to make the deck on the second floor a common space or as part of a large bedroom?

More common is you move into bigger, more expensive homes that you buy, or perhaps downsize into a home without a mortgage.

Another example of this is Newark, extremely strict laws making land lording a second job.When finding the right area to invest, towns with more lenient land lording laws and proximity to public transportation tend to be a receipt for success.  

After every negotiation, reflect on what went well and what could be improved.Negotiation isn’t about “winning” at the expense of the other party—it’s about finding common ground where both sides feel satisfied.

I watched every single video and did every single exercise they suggested including writing in extreme detail about my perfect day once I’d “made it”, making an audio recording of it and then listening to it every day.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.

If you start a JV in name but do not give your partners proper control and decision-making rights and the deal goes bad you open yourself up to serious consequences which can lead to SEC violations with extremely high fines.Lastly, you can offer the project up to investors who have no voting or control.  

And for sure I highly doubt those that teach the common wholesaling techinques are not up to speed with all these new laws in all the different states..

Currently there is that extremely thin, hard, cheap landlord carpeting (and also an area with cheap thin stick on hard tile squares). 

Got paid for it and really enjoyed it, but that same amount of effort if done for us would have taken us to some really lofty levels.My friend is extremely happy.